Narrative background scrolls up the screen after a few opening titles.William Munny, a reputed outlaw, buries his young, 29 year old wife after she died of smallpox:She was a comely young woman and not without prospects.The couple retreated to their balcony terrace to view the night sky, where hey spied one "big star" - a telescope viewing revealed it was Dr.Nick notices that the mirror of Catherine""s half-open bedroom door reflects her stripping naked as she changes her clothes.There""s a passenger on your Chicago flight 209er, a little girl named Lisa Davis, en route to Minneapolis.She would win a few years later for Lean""sDoctor Zhivago (1965).Plot SynopsisThe film opens with a jaunty British march prologue o a black screen for about 5 minutes (much like2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)did withAtmospheres).