Butterfly

Set in the year 1937 in a small Nevada desert mining town, Jess Tyler (Stacey Keach) is a hermit who works in a disused silver mine as the caretaker. His wife deserted him 10 years earlier, and his teenage daughter Kady (Pia Zadora) ran off and gave birth to the illegitimate child of a rich man, named Wash Gillespie (Edward Albert), who refused to marry her. Wash's father (Ed McMahon) owns the mine, so Kady decides its riches should belong to her. She returns home and tries to persuade Jess to let her have it, going to any length, including the seduction of her own father. Death and mystery ensue, leading to a climatic trial presided over by Judge Rauch (Orson Welles) to decide the fate of the scandalous Kady when rumors of improper relations with Jess circulate around town.