When railway detective Boone Hildreth rides into Marshfield, Missouri, to investigate a train robbery, other problems that arise include a sheriff who has lost his nerve, a rancher with a gunslinger as an employee, a woman to whom he is attracted, and a band of blood-thirsty vigilantes. When the ultimate confrontation comes - a gunfight which litters the street with dead - it produces some unexpected allies for Hildreth.
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