Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Keskin nişancı serseri Dempsey Rae, güzel çiftçi Reed Bowman için çalışmak üzere Wyoming'e geri döner. Ancak Reed'in arazisinin geniş açık alanlarını çitle çevirme planı diğer çiftçileri kızdırır ve kısa süre sonra Dempsey'i kanlı bir menzil savaşına sürükler
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
Lucky Prescott, şehirdeki evinden ayrılarak küçük bir sınır kasabasına yerleşir. Onun hayatı, burada Spirit adında vahşi bir atla arkadaş olmasıyla sonsuza dek değişir.
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.