In this early screen appearance, John Wayne stars as a tough cowboy who infiltrates a gang of outlaws in order to track down the man responsible for the murder of his family.
Wrongly imprisoned on a murder charge, John Brant (John Wayne) escapes from his cell and joins a bunch of desperadoes in an attempt to find the true murderer.
After he thinks he has killed his best friend in a shootout with robbers, Sheriff John Higgins (John Wayne) resigns as Sheriff, he then finds the daughter and helps run the ranch.