Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed.

• Hal Wallis Productions
• Paramount Pictures
• Alan Ladd
• Lizabeth Scott
• Arthur Kennedy
• John Ireland
• Jeff Corey
• James Bell
• Bert Freed
• Walter Sande