 After Joshua is killed in a standoff against the town's outlaw, the film ends with Charley and Toby leaving the town to continue traveling with no destination.According to the reviewer in the "New York Times," "For all the feverish activity, there has yet to be a film of rounded merit—one of skill, imagination and impact—about the black man and the Old West.Sadly, "The Legend of Nigger Charley" is fair.