Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette, to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.
Charles Starrett
as Steve Martin / The Durango Kid
Jock Mahoney
as Jack Mahoney
Clayton Moore
as The Hawk
Eddie Parker
as Henchman Skeeter
Jim Diehl
as Al Travis
Smiley Burnette
as Smiley Burnette
