Dead for a Dollar sends a veteran bounty hunter across the border into Mexico on a job that keeps twisting away from him.
What is Dead for A Dollar about?
Set in the waning years of the Old West, the story follows a bounty hunter hired to track down a woman who has fled with another man, only for the trail to lead into a tangle of old grudges and new betrayals. Walter Hill, a director long associated with lean, character-driven action, builds the film around long-simmering tension between hunter and quarry rather than spectacle. The 2022 release runs 107 minutes and blends thriller and western sensibilities, favoring dusty standoffs and quiet conversation over rapid cutting. As the search deepens, loyalties shift among the small cast of gunslingers, soldiers, and outlaws caught up in the chase, and the line between lawman and criminal grows harder to hold.
About the cast
Christoph Waltz leads as the bounty hunter, with Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Hamish Linklater, and Benjamin Bratt rounding out a cast built for the genre's mix of menace and dry wit. Guy Burnet, Brandon Scott, and Scott Peat fill out the supporting roles that populate the film's frontier towns and dusty trails.
Context & significance
A Canada–United States co-production, Dead for a Dollar arrived in a period when the western has periodically resurfaced as a showcase for character actors working against a stripped-down backdrop. Walter Hill's filmography stretches back decades in the action and western space, and this entry continues his interest in professionals bound by codes of honor that keep bending under pressure. The genre pairing of thriller and western lets the film move between procedural tracking and sudden bursts of violence.
Watching Dead for A Dollar on Ktime
Dead for a Dollar streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so viewers can choose either option. The page is free to browse without an account; watching the film itself requires logging in to a free K-Time account. K-Time's Farsi-first interface is built for the Iranian diaspora audience, making it simple to search, queue, and switch subtitle or dub tracks in one place.