Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
John Payne
as Dan Ballard
Lizabeth Scott
as Rose Evans
Dan Duryea
as Fred McCarty
Dolores Moran
as Dolly
Emile Meyer
as Sheriff Wooley
Robert Warwick
as Judge Cranston
John Hudson
as Michael 'Mitch' Evans
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Johnson
Alan Hale Jr.
as Kirk
Stuart Whitman
as Wicker
Frank Sully
as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Morris Ankrum
as Zachary Evans
