Posse

VHS, PG, 92 minutes, PARAMOUNT

United States Marshal Howard Nightingale is a law and order and publicity man. He doesn't simply capture outlaws. He makes sure a photographer is around to record the arrests and spread his fame. Now Nightingale, who aspires to the Senate, is out to nab his No. 1 prey: cool-witted Jack Strawhorn. "If I don't get him, I don't get elected," he says. Kirk Douglas (who also produced and directed) stars as Nightingale and Bruce Dern is Strawhorn in "Posse", an exciting roundup of action, humor and sly political skepticism. Bo Hopkins, James Stacy and Luke Askew co-star in this crafty western that asks: Just who is the real bad guy?.