 Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn t know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve s help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman s desire to escape first from her father, then from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers.