Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.
Bill Elliott
as Shadrach Jones
Walter Brennan
as Cap MacKellar
Marie Windsor
as Adelaide
Harry Morgan
as Rod Main
Rhys Williams
as Chokecherry
Jim Davis
as Cochran
William Ching
as Mike Shattay
Nacho Galindo
as Gonzales
Leif Erickson
as Big Mart
Henry Rowland
as Dutch
Charles Stevens
as Indian Joe
Victor Kilian
as Hemp
