Molly and Lawless John

Molly Parker (Vera Miles) is married to the sheriff of an American frontier town. She finds herself dangerously drawn to a condemned prisoner, Johnny Lawler (Sam Elliott), in her husband's jail. He perceives her restlessness, flatters her, and tells her of his unhappy childhood. That night Molly's husband threatens her and is scornful when she tries to talk to him about them having a baby. She breaks John out of jail and they ride off together.