Will Broicous (Jack Nicholson) makes a big mistake when he rides into a tiny frontier town. The son of a renowned gunslinger, Will finds himself unfairly targeted by the town's unscrupulous lawman, Jim Kogan (Kent Taylor), who throws him in jail. When Billy Bell (Gary Snead) and Gabe Dunson (Robert Sampson) come to his defense, they also find themselves behind bars. The trio's only hope is that waitress Marva Aikens (Diana Darrin) can find a way to break them loose.