Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.
Alan Ladd
as John Chandler
Olivia de Havilland
as Linnett Moore
Dean Jagger
as Harry Burleigh
David Ladd
as David Chandler
Cecil Kellaway
as Dr. Enos Davis
Harry Dean Stanton
as Jeb Burleigh
Tom Pittman
as Tom Burleigh
Henry Hull
as Judge Morley
Eli Mintz
as Gorman
John Carradine
as Traveling Salesman
James Westerfield
as Birm Bates
King
as Lance, David's Dog
