A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
Joel McCrea
as Dave Nash
Veronica Lake
as Connie Dickason
Don DeFore
as Bill Schell
Donald Crisp
as Jim Crew
Preston Foster
as Frank Ivey
Arleen Whelan
as Rose Leland
Charles Ruggles
as Ben Dickason
Lloyd Bridges
as Red Cates
Nestor Paiva
as Curley
Ray Teal
as Ed Burma
Houseley Stevenson
as George Smedley
Ward Wood
as Link Thoms
