Open Range (2003) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
A former Union soldier and cattleman who struggles with guilt over his past violence. He partners with Boss Spearman, develops a romance with Sue Barlow, and leaves a note arranging for his gear to bu...
A ruthless Irish immigrant and rancher who controls Harmonville. He despises open-range cattle drivers, hires a corrupt marshal, and escalates tensions with Boss and Charley. His hired gunman Butler k...
The town's livery stable owner who openly defies Denton Baxter's control. He assists Boss and Charley in capturing the corrupt marshal and his deputies, and joins their side during the decisive street...
A hired hand on the cattle drive who suffers a severe chest wound during an ambush on the camp. He is temporarily left under Dr. Barlow's care to recover, and rejoins Boss and Charley for the final jo...
A hired hand sent to Harmonville for supplies. He is brutally beaten and jailed by the corrupt marshal after defending himself. Severely injured, he is taken to Dr. Barlow but is later killed by Butle...
Denton Baxter's hired gunman who participates in the ambush on the cattle camp. He kills Mose and wounds Button, then brags about his actions in town. Charley shoots and kills Butler during the initia...
The town's local physician who provides medical care for Mose, Button, and other wounded residents. His house serves as a temporary refuge for the cattlemen, and he later helps tend to the townspeople...
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Butler is identified as Baxter's hired gunman and acts with Baxter's men during the ambush and the final town confrontation.
After Mose is retrieved from jail, Charley and his cattle-driving partner take him to Doc Barlow for treatment.
Button is left at Doc Barlow's house after being badly wounded, and he later recovers enough to rejoin the cattle drive.
Charley brings injured members of the cattle crew to Doc Barlow's house and leaves Button there for treatment.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Doc Barlow's house shelters and treats the wounded cattlemen and later tends wounded townspeople after Baxter's forces are defeated.
Percy supports the cattlemen during the street gunfight in which Butler and Baxter's other men are defeated.
Percy is described as the only Harmonville inhabitant willing to openly defy Baxter, and he later fights on the opposing side.
Butler participates in the camp ambush and shoots Button in the chest.
The plot states that Butler kills Mose during the attack on the cattle camp.
Mose is badly beaten and jailed after a confrontation with men associated with Baxter, whose control over the town creates the hostile conditions.
Butler kills Mose and wounds Button, then boasts about it in town; Charley shoots Butler during the opening exchange of the street battle.
Percy helps Charley and his cattle-driving partner capture the corrupt marshal and deputies, and later joins them against Baxter's men.
A guilt-haunted cattleman confronts a violent town power structure while defending his companions and choosing a future beyond violence.
Directed by Kevin Costner
Open Range (2003) · 7.2/10 · action, drama, romance, western
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