Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends theDaltons| he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member| Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seekingrefuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member| he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America| but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girlpromises to wait.