Robert Mitchum gives a remarkable performance as a hard bitten loner who must confront a gang of vicious outlaws who are terrorizing the countryside. The victim of a cross and double cross, Nevada is found with $7,000 yellowbacks just as his the same amount is robbed from the innocent Ide! Will the vigilantes go free and the townspeople convince a mob to lynch the innocent Nevada or will the cowboy and his bankroll get out of town alive?