A rancher and her son (Anne Archer, Zach Bostrom) face danger in the contemporary frontier when their livestock is menaced by what they believe are wolves...until evidence points to poachers. Purly Owens: Robert Urich. Rose Handy: Sally Kirkland. Rucker: Peter Dobson. Sheriff Wade Messer: C. Thomas Howell. Vernon Bartlett: James Lashley. Missy: Michelle Nordin. Game Warden: Monty Stewart. Wayne Handy: Stephen Bridgewaters.