Reviewers generally describe the film as a "solid" but "slow-burn" blend of a traditional Western and an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. Murder at Yellowstone City - UpcomingDiscs.com
The 2022 Western mystery film centers on the brutal killing of a prospector in a declining Montana town and the subsequent rush to judgment against a newcomer. Plot Summary
: In 1881, Robert Dunnigan strikes a massive vein of gold in the struggling boomtown of Yellowstone City. Shortly after celebrating his find and promising to share the wealth, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant.
: While Cicero faces a trial, the town’s new minister, Thaddeus Murphy (Thomas Jane), and his wife Alice (Anna Camp) begin their own investigation. They discover that nearly everyone in town has a secret or a motive to kill Dunnigan.
