 Molly, the shy, romance-starved wife of an arrogant frontier sheriff, finds herself drawn to a prisoner in her husband s jail. This prisoner, a handsome young man named Johnny, plays on Molly s sympathy and convinces her to help him escape. Molly then accompanies Johnny on his cross-country flight but soon learns he s simply been using her. Molly makes the best of the situation, however, and by the time the sheriff s posse catches up with them, Molly shows that she s learned how to assert herself.