Evidently not

A noisy, cant‑kicking partnership between Ike and the ever‑talkative Magpie Simpkins drives this ramshackle western. The two wanderers chase a rumor of gold in the Buffalo Basin, swapping a creaking cow‑trailer for raw, dust‑caked broncs and launching into a never‑ending debate about law, guilt and circumstantial evidence. Their banter is peppered with vivid slang, philosophical musings, and a relentless sense that the desert itself is listening.

When a stray bullet shatters their argument—literally—both men find themselves surrounded by a quartet of rifle‑armed strangers and a dead‑eye sheriff. Captured and hauled to a makeshift jail, the duo’s quarrel turns inward, questioning whether any man can ever truly prove his innocence. The opening sets a tone that’s as much a comedy of miscommunication as a gritty, high‑stakes trek across an unforgiving frontier.