Silverado (1985)

Plotzle Original · O128 · July 8, 2026 · Western / Action

Six plot descriptions for Silverado (1985). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A former Confederate soldier tracks his brother's killer to a Texas border town but discovers the man now protects Mexican families from land speculators and reconsiders his vengeance.
2. Two cavalry deserters escort a pregnant woman to California while evading a relentless tracker hired by her wealthy father to bring her back to Boston against her will.
3. Four drifters converge on the frontier town of Silverado, where they discover a corrupt sheriff and his gang have seized control, forcing them to band together to liberate the settlement and rescue their families.
4. A gunslinger addicted to laudanum takes work guarding a stagecoach route and befriends a young driver who gradually helps him overcome his dependency through their dangerous runs.
5. A rancher transporting silver ore across Nevada partners with a widowed homesteader and her two sons when bandits attack their wagon train and steal the precious cargo.
6. An outlaw seeking redemption arrives in a mining camp where he befriends a Chinese laborer and together they expose the foreman's scheme to withhold workers' wages.