Macklin and his gang are causing problems in Colorado, Lieutenant Jerry Burke (Roy Rogers) is sent to track them down but only to find his brother commands them.
Roy Rogers plays Hickok, in his early pre-gunslinger years, as a freight-line agent protecting a gold shipment from villains, out to steal gold and land out west.
Roy Rogers is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War, he is faced with a difficult situation when he is ordered to execute his best friend.