The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western miniseries directed by Robert Totten and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, and Glenn Ford.

During a card game, Tell accuses one of the men, Wes Bigelow, of cheating and shoots him dead.

He immediately becomes friends with aging cowhand Cap Rountree (Ben Johnson), and former gunfighter Tom Sunday (Glenn Ford), who becomes a mentor to Tyrel.

As they finish the drive in Abilene, Kansas, Cap, Tom, Orrin, and Tyrel make plans to collect wild cattle near the Purgatoire River.

Cap and Tell decide to go searching for gold up in the mountains, while Orrin, Tyrel, and Sunday continue with their plan to collect wild cattle on the way to Santa Fe.

Soon after they leave, Ira Bigelow (Jack Elam) arrives in town and declares that he is tracking Tell Sackett with the aim of killing him.

In Elizabethtown, New Mexico, Tell and Cap are confronted by a young gunfighter named Kid Newton.

Meanwhile, while searching for gold in the mountains, Cap and Tell find a lost woman, Ange Kerry (Wendy Rastatter).

Ira Bigelow, his brother Jack (Slim Pickens) and their hired men soon arrive and eventually assault Tell's camp, wounding Cap in the leg and trapping the three of them in the caves, where they hide out.

As the Bigelows and their men start to emerge from the livery stable, the Sacketts open fire and the gun battle begins.