Bill Baucom

War hero Kip Marston asks Army Col. Gabe Wilson to look up his son, but he is totally unprepared for what Wilson finds.

In answer to a desperate request from its newspaper editor, Captain Rynning heads to Wilcox with a new recruit and finds the man dangling from a noose outside of town. Rynning finds the townspeople cowering in fear of the town boss, Big Red Monahan and must find a way to bring the find the murderers and put Monahan out of business.

During a heated election campaign between honest lawyer Dave Morgan and Carter Holmes, a crooked politician, the contest takes a violent turn when Holmes tries to have his competitor murdered. When his henchmen fail, Holmes hires a notorious gunfighter to take care of the job, but is surprised when the gunman promises to get Holmes to back out of the election without violence.