declares his feelings for her, and she gives him a locket for luck. Charley leaves a note with Percy, in which he states that if he should die, money from the sale of his saddle and gear are to be used to buy Sue a new tea set, having accidentally destroyed her previous set while suffering a flashback to his war days. Boss and Charley are pitted against Baxter and his men. Before the fight begins, Charley confesses to Boss that his full name is Charles Postlewaite, and he asks Boss to reciprocate. Boss says his real name is Bluebonnet Spearman, but makes Charley swear not to tell anyone. As Baxter and his men approach, Charley confronts them and shoots Butler, the hired gunman who killed Mose. An intense gun battle erupts in the street, with Boss, Charley and Percy outnumbered before the townspeople begin to openly fight against Baxter. Baxter's men, Poole and his deputies, and the local saloonkeeper are killed off one-by-one and Baxter ends up wounded and alone, trapped in the jailhouse. Boss shoots open the jailhouse door and engages him in a brief close-quarters gunfight which leaves Baxter mortally wounded. Sue's brother tends to the wounded townspeople while the dead are buried, and the town is cleaned up. Charley speaks to Sue in private, telling her he must leave. She counters that she has a "big idea" about their future together and that she will wait for him to return. He does return, and proposes to Sue, who accepts. After Button has recovered, Charley and Boss decide to retire from the cattle business after delivering their current herd and settle down in Harmonville, taking over the saloon. Cast Robert Duvall as Boss Spearman / Bluebonnet Spearman Kevin Costner as Charley Waite / Charles Travis Postelwaite Annette Bening as Sue Barlow Michael Gambon as Denton Baxter Michael Jeter as Percy Diego Luna as Button James Russo as Marshal Poole Abraham Benrubi as Mose Harrison Dean McDermott as Doc Barlow Kim Coates as Butler Herbert Kohler Jr. as Cafe Man Peter MacNeill as Mack Cliff Saunders as Ralph Patricia Stutz as Ralph's Wife Julian Richings as Wylie Ian Tracey as Tom Rod Wilson as Gus Production Inspiration Kevin Costner grew up reading the western romance novels of Lauran Paine and Open Range is based on Paine's 1990 novel The Open Range Men. Screenwriter Craig Storper wanted to make