The story opens with a wagon train being led by the Cavalry. The Cavalry is soon called away after a message is received to leave the wagon train un-escorted and return to other duties.
As the wagon train approaches a fort we find that Indians have massacred the people on the wagon train and taken their place. Hence, the fort is also completely destroyed and everyone killed. A Gen Blackwell (Robert Warwick) is accused of treason for sending the message.
Warwick dies and his name is a disgrace. One of his sons named Rufe Blackwell (Glenn Langon) travels to a small town near where the fort used to be in order to prove his father innocent. His other son, Cash (Victor Mature), who is the black sheep of the family also travels to Furnace Creek to find out who framed his father.
Rufe and Cash do not get along and while Rufe uses legal means to conduct his investigation, Cash gets a job as a hired gun for the top man in town named Edward Leverett (Albert Dekker).
Cash learns that it was Leverett and several others who planned the slaughter in order to protect their mineral rights they had claimed in the area. Cash sets out on revenge and asks for his brothers help.
This leads to a great climax with Cash and Rufe fighting side by side against the very evil Leverett and his band of killers. This is a very fast paced western with a top notch cast and planty of action.
H. Bruce Humberstone handles the directing chores perfectly. The rest of the cast includes Coleen Gray, Fred Clark, Reginald Gardiner, Charles kemper and Roy Roberts.
A very good film that seems to be not as famous as it should be. A MUST see for Western fans.
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