GriffBonnellandhisbrothersWesandChicoarriveinanArizonatown.Heisareformedgunslinger,nowworkingfortheAttorneyGeneral'soffice,lookingtoarrestHowardSwainformailrobbery. SwainisoneoflandownerJessicaDrummond’s40hiredguns.Sherunstheterritorywithanironfist,permittingthetowntobeterrorizedandtrashedbyherbrother,BrockieDrummond,andhisboys.Brockieisanarrogantdrunkandbully,buthegoestoofarbyshootingMarshalChisolmincoldblood.GriffintervenesandknocksoutBrockiewithhispistol. WesfallsinlovewithLouvenieSpanger,sohedecidestosettledownandbecomethetown'ssheriff.GriffbecomesromanticallyinvolvedwithJessicaaftersheisdraggedbyahorseduringacyclone. Twoofherguns,LoganandSavage,attemptanambushofGriffinanalley.HeissavedbyyoungestbrotherChico,whowassupposedtobeleavingforCaliforniaforanewlifeonafarm.Chico'sshotkillsSavage,afterwhichJessica'sbrotherandhiredgunstrytoturnthetownagainsttheBonnellbrothers. Onhisweddingday,Wesisgunneddown.Brockieisjailedforthemurder.Hetriestoescapebyusinghissisterasashield,daringGrifftoshoot,andisshockedwhenGriffdoesexactlythat.Griff'sexpertlyplacedbulletmerelywoundsJessica,andthecowardlyBrockiethenbecomesthefirstmanGriffhashadtokillin10years. Chicoremainsbehindtotakethesheriff'sjob.Griffridesout,certainthatJessicahateshimforkillingherbrother,butsherunsafterhisbuckboardandtogethertheyrideoff.