John Malvin (
Lon McCallister), prospecting the Montana territory during the gold rush, sees bandits kill a miner and his son. He eludes the outlaws by hiding near a stagecoach relay station run by "Possum" Enoch (
Eddy Waller) and his daughter Clair (
Wanda Hendrix), with whom John alls in love. Sheriff Henry Plummer (
Preston Foster), secret head of the outlaws, learns John witnessed the killings and sends him as his Deputy on a dangerous mission with a planned ambush.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>