With the help of his friend Sam (Noah Beery Jr.), Bart (Randolph Scott) plots to kill crooked town leader Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll) for stealing his wife and driving her to suicide. But with Kimbrough in control of the local sheriff, Bart has an extremely tough time reaching his target. Directed by Budd Boetticher, this tense psychological Western examines Bart's tortuous grief and his burning need for revenge.