Jeff Webster (James Stewart, The Rare Breed) and Ben Tatum (Walter Brennan, Rio Bravo) are a loner and his sidekick who figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price. They are soon caught up in a conflict with the local, self-appointed lawman, Gannon (John McIntire, Psycho) and his claim-jumping henchmen. When Tatum is killed, Webster is forced to put an end to rampant lawlessness in a guns-blazing climax. This tale from the wild gold rush days of Dawson, Yukon also stars Ruth Roman as the saloonkeeper who falls for Webster, Steve Brodie, Jack Elam, Jay C. Flippen, Kathleen Freeman, Chubby Johnson, Henry Morgan and Robert Wilke.