Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke guest stars as a carnival's destitute banjo player. He also proves to be an inept lawman when he is hired in Barney's Fife's absence.
A rancher's widow offers a reward for Matt's death after he shoots her thieving husband.
Matt tracks an army deserter and thief to his father's remote cabin, where a bloody standoff develops.
An embittered landowner (Victor Jory) endangers the drive by denying the cattle access to water on his land.
Outlaw Pearl Hart robs a Wells Fargo stage.