Woundedandontherun,notoriousgunmanQuirtEvans(JohnWayne)gallopsontoafarmownedbyQuakerThomasWorth(JohnHalloran)andhisfamilyandcollapses.WhenQuirturgentlyinsistsuponsendingatelegram,ThomasandhisdaughterPenelope(GailRussell)drivehimintotownintheirwagon.Afterwiringaclaimtothelandrecorder'soffice,Quirtkis...