The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as marshal. When Blaisdell appears, he is accompanied by his friend Tom Morgan, a club-footed gambler who is unusually protective of Blaisdell's life and reputation. However, Johnny Gannon, one of the thugs who has reformed, volunteered to accept the post of official deputy sheriff in rivalry to Blaisdell; and a woman arrives in town accusing Blaisdell and Morgan of having murdered her fiancé. The stage is set for a complex set of moral and personal conflicts. 出人意料的西部片。 沃洛克的小镇被一个由恶棍组成的帮会困扰着。于是当地居民们聘请了着名的强手布雷斯塔作为法警。布雷斯塔的出现，也带来了他的朋友汤姆摩根，一个常在俱乐部驻足的赌徒。摩根负责照料布雷斯塔的饮食起居。然而，在形形色色的居民中，恶棍之一的强尼卡侬开始了与布雷斯塔的正式警长的竞争；与此同时，一个女人来到了小镇，控告布雷斯塔和摩根谋杀了她的未婚夫……就此，舞台被设置成了一场错综复杂的道德冲突。
