Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Billy refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with the gang. Billy fights with his brother and accidentally kills him, while Matt's teen-aged son, Ted, who thinks his father had been paroled from prison, sees the shooting. Returning to town to explain the true situation, Billy is almost lynched by the townsmen mob who think he was part of the robbery. He escapes and goes back to the gang, pretending to join them but actually looking for evidence to clear himself and turn gang leader, Ike Garvey, over to Marshal Sam Jennings. Only his fianc�e Arlene knows of his plan. 　　译文(2): 马特 · 韦德越狱并试图说服他的哥哥比尔，一个改过自新的枪手，参与抢劫。比利拒绝了，但是马特陷害了他，他被迫和那伙人一起逃跑了。比利与他的兄弟打架，意外地杀死了他，而马特十几岁的儿子，泰德，谁认为他的父亲已经获得假释出狱，看到了枪击。回到镇上解释真实情况，比利几乎是私刑的镇民暴徒谁认为他是抢劫的一部分。他逃跑了，回到帮派，假装加入他们但实际上是在寻找证据来洗脱自己的罪名把帮派头目 Ike Garvey 交给 Sam Jennings 法警。只有他的未婚妻艾琳知道他的计划。