 A peace-loving man named Ben Kane (Robert Mitchum) takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town s chief trouble-maker (John Anderson). Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young (Robert Walker Jr.) and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily (Angie Dickinson).