![Randolph Scott](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/qM2DNQ7kI9oZqAYfhzgKaGURCnm.jpg)
A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely.