Slated to be hanged for murder, Texas teenagers Bobby Olson (Andrew Prine) and James Horton (Jerry Summers) manage to escape. After an unexpected confrontation with Olson in the desert, Paladin (Richard Boone) offers to help Sheriff Backwater (Robert Gist) bring the two young fugitives in. What Paladin hadn't counted on is the fact that he will also have to protect Olson and Horton from the vengeance of their victim's brother, a notorious gunfighter. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi