 Jake Wade breaks Cling Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it s clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal s job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.