André De Toth directs this classic Western starring Robert Ryan and Burl Ives. On the run after carrying out a brutal robbery, a group of renegade soldiers led by the mortally wounded Jack Bruhn (Ives) rides into the isolated town of Bitters, Wyoming and begins terrorising the locals. In order to spare the townspeople more abuse, ruthless rancher Blaise Starrett (Ryan) agrees to lead Bruhn and his gang to safety.