The sheriff of a small town in southwest
Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose
brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help
him escape. After a friend is killed trying to
muster support for him, he and his deputies - a
disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple -
must find a way to hold out against the
rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives.
In the meantime, matters are complicated by the
presence of a young gunslinger - and a
mysterious beauty who just came in on the last
stagecoach
