A crafty journalist bets that a greenhorn can pose as a hardened gunman in Dodge City for two weeks and not get killed.
The son of a killer seems set on proving that he is worse than his badman lather until he meets a convent-bred girl.
A cowhand accused of murder assists Marshal Dillon when the latter's eyesight is impaired in an attack by three desperadoes.
Kindly Ben Galt turns into a murderous troublemaker after he suffers a blow on the head.
Two outlaws wound Matt in the open country - the marshal's only chance at escape is to play the men off against one another.