Colt Williams (Matt Malone) is looking forward to his most profitable horse sale yet, one that will pay off the mortgage on the ranch left to him by his late father.
Then he gets a letter from his estranged and dying brother Jacob. It bears a simple request: That Colt travel to Denison, Texas, and take in Jacob’s wife Angel (Michelle Malone), who’s in a precarious situation.
It’ll be a two-week journey, but Colt decides to make the trip. The precarious situation? It turns out that Angel is a whore trying to escape the grip of a saloon owner named Diggs.
Caleb decides to marry Angel; his religion won’t allow him to live under the same roof with a woman otherwise. And they head back to Colt’s Mustang Creek Ranch as a not-so-happy couple.
Turns out, someone has rustled Colt’s entire herd of horses. Turns out, that someone includes brothers Sam McCall (Marshall Malone) and Johnny McCall (Michael Malone).
They have a price on their heads and an old debt to settle with Colt from the Civil War. And they’re just sure he’ll fall right into their trap in an effort to recover
his herd.
He follows sure enough. With friends Carl (Robert Long) and M.D. (M.D. Jones) in tow.
Angel’s riding along too. Turns out, she’s mighty handy to have around.
Matt Malone as Colt Williams, who gains a wife and loses a herd of horses in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Michelle Malone as Angel, helping tend to a wounded friend in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Review:
The Western landscape of the 2000s is littered with low-budget films where the scriptwriter has to come up with some reason the cowboys have no horses.
Here’s a low-budget, independent Western with plenty of horses. What it could have used is better cinematography, tighter editing, less crudely filmed action scenes and a wittier script to take advantage of the pairing of a whore and a hard-working rancher.
But it does offer up a pretty heart-warming story. And for all the unconvincing action scenes that proceed it, the climatic fight between hero and villain is very well done.
The film was very much a family affair. Matt Malone, who plays the horseman, and Michelle Malone, who plays the whore, are real-life husband and wife. The lead villain is played by Michael Malone, Matt’s brother.
And the film is dedicated to Dylan Christopher Malone, son of Matt and Michelle, who died in 2016 at age 23 while serving in the U.S. Navy.
Michael Malone as Johnny McCall, putting a fright into a young boy in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Marshall Malone as Sam Malone, ready to settle another score in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Directed by:
Louis Pollard
Cast:
Matt Malone … Colt Williams
Michelle Malone … Angel
Marshall Malone … Sam McCall
Michael Malone … Johnny McCall
MD Jones … MD
Robert Long … Carl
Maverick Malone … Young Colt
Chris Bass … Mr. WIlliams
Valarie Long … Rose
Gage Wilson … Charlie
Jacky Marshall .. Jesse
Daniel Bass … Jacob WIlliams
TW Petty … Red
Alex Sanders … Bob
Kerry Mier … Mr. Diggs
Shawn Moody … Sheriff
Billy Martindale … Justice of the peace
Guy Gordon … Doc
Justin Cruce … Tinker
Runtime: 111 min.
Robert Long as Carl, a neighboring rancher who helps Colt get his herd back in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
M.D Jones as M.D., one of the friends who helps get Colt’s herd back in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Memorable lines:
M.D.: “You could use some help around here.”
Colt: “From a woman? I need somebody who can ride. Not a woman.”
Colt Williams: “I’m stuck takin’ care of my dead brother’s whore.”
Angel: “You don’t owe me or Jacob anything.”
Colt Williams: “Oh, you’re right about that. But, unfortunately, the word of God thinks different.”
Justice of the Peace: “By the authority vested in me by the Lord Almighty and the great state of Texas, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”
Colt Williams: “That won’t be necessary.”
Angel slaps Colt across the face, then glances at the Justice of the Peace: “Will that suffice?”
Colt Williams, recalling a horrific event from the Civil War: “I’ve never seen hate painted on such a large canvas, only usin’ three colors — blue, gray and a helluva lot of red.”
Maverick Malone as young Colt Williams, telling his dad he’s enlisted to fight in the Civil War in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Chris Bass as Mr. Williams, trying to teach his sons a lesson in brotherly love in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Matt Malone as Colt Williams delivering marching orders to Angel (Michelle Malone) in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
Matt Malone as Colt Williams, protecting Angel (Michelle Malone) from ruffians in the saloon in Denison in The Whore and the Horseman (2025)
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