Scheming Preston conspires with crooked Indian agent Faylen to get rich off cattleman Tully's herd. For years Tully has been selling his cattle to an Indian reservation, but now Faylen has refused to buy Tully's cattle and ordered him to get his herd off the reservation or it will be
confiscated by the government. Preston has duped Brennan and other homesteaders into thinking Tully is out to get their land, so when Tully tries to drive his cattle across the river and off the reservation, Preston and the homesteaders are waiting to drive him back. As the deadline approaches for
Tully to be off the reservation, Preston figures he can pick the cattle up cheap and then sell them to the Indians at a huge profit, which he'll split with Faylen. Preston summons his old pal Mitchum to join up with him, figuring he may need the help to combat Tully and his boys. Mitchum joins
with Preston, but soon gets uneasy with the set-up, his unhappiness with Preston growing as he falls for Tully's daughter, Bel Geddes. This a tight, well-crafted adult western which is as moody and murky as Mitchum's intriguing personality. The rest of the cast is also excellent, although the
girlish Bel Geddes is miscast opposite Mitchum.
