GriffBonnell(Sullivan)andhisbrothersarriveinasmall,Arizonatown.HeisaU.S.MarshallookingtoarrestHowardSwain(ChuckRoberson),coincidentallyoneoflandownerJessicaDrummond’s(Stanwyck)40guns.ThetownisbeingterrorizedandtrashedbyBrockieandhisboys.He’sanarrogantdrunkandbullybutwhenheshootsanoldbuddyofGriff’s,heandhisbrothersintervene.Griffstridespurposefullytowardstheaction,unconcernedatthemayhemgoingon.Brockie’sbuddiesrecognizethelawmanandfleebutthedrunkBrockiedoesn’tknoworcare.Fullercutsbackandforthbetweenaclose-upofGriff’seyesandBrockie’sgunrepeatedlyuntiltheclimaxwhenGrifffinallyreachesRockyandknockshimunconsciouswithapunch.GriffandJessicainevitablycrosspathsandtheirrelationshipstartsoffasantagonisticbuteventuallyblossomsintoaromance.