 "Rocky" Rhodes (Buck Jones) is employed at the Chicago stockyards, and it s been five years since he last saw his parents on the home rach in Arizona. He and his sidekick, "Harp" Haverty (Stanley Fields)return to Cactus City for what "Rocky" thinks will be a happy reunion. But there, "Rocky" learns that his father is dead and his best friend,foreman Joe Hilton (Paul Fix) accused of the murder, along with stealing $6500 from the ranch. Even before Joe has a chance to defend himself, he is shot in the back riding away from the Gap County jail in a planned phoney escape."Rocky" soon learns that Dan Murtch(Walter Miller) of the Cactus City Investment is the culprit behind the problems, but is framed for a murder by Murtch, and he has to prove Murtch s guilt while riding from the law as a wanted fugitive.