Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Audie Murphy
as Jim Harvey
Lori Nelson
as Laura Saunders
Chill Wills
as Sheriff Murchoree
Roy Roberts
as Nick Buckley
Russell Johnson
as Lam Blandon
K.T. Stevens
as Louella Buckley
Madge Meredith
as Sarah Blandon
Lee Van Cleef
as Marv
I. Stanford Jolley
as Ted
Ralph Moody
as Aguila
Ross Elliott
as Seth Blandon
Eugene Iglesias
as Tigre
