 Laure Bidwell (Joan Leslie) marries wealthy rancher Will Isham (Alexander Knox) for security although she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott), a small rancher. Owen s neighbor, school teacher Nan Melotte (Ellen Drew), warns Owen that the somewhat-rightfully-so jealous Owen is determined to destroy him. When Owen is wounded in a gun battle set up by Isham, he is nursed by Nan. Isham sets a trap for Owen, but he himself ends up being killed by his own hired gunman, Fay Dutcher (Richard Rober).