Wild Bill Doolin (
Randolph Scott), cowboy turned desperado when Oklahoma is turned over to settlers, disbands his outlaw gang when U. S. Marshals, led by Marshal Sam Hughes (
George Macready)start to close in on them. Using an alias, he buys a farm, marries Elaine Burton (
Virginia Huston)and tries to take up a new life but his men, including Bitter Creek (
John Ireland) and Arkansas (
Charles Kemper force him to resume leadership of the Doolin gang.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>