Ex-Confederate officer Clay Fletcher is sent to El Paso, Texas, by his father, Judge Fletcher, to obtain a signature from Judge Jeffers, father of his former love, Susan Jeffers. Upon arrival, Clay discovers Judge Jeffers has become a drunken tool of the corrupt local magnate, Bert Donner, and his associate, Sheriff La Farge. As Clay attempts to resolve the town's troubles through the legal system, circumstances force him to take the law into his own hands as a vigilante. Cast: - John Payne as Clay Fletcher - Gail Russell as Susan Jeffers - Sterling Hayden as Bert Donner - George 'Gabby' Hayes as Pesky (Pescaloosa) Tees - Dick Foran as Sheriff La Farge - Eduardo Noriega as Don Nacho Vázquez - Henry Hull as Judge Henry Jeffers - Mary Beth Hughes as Stagecoach Nellie - H. B. Warner as Judge Fletcher - Robert Ellis as Jack Elkins (as Bobby Ellis) - Catherine Craig as Mrs. Elkins - Arthur Space as John Elkins - Peter Lawman as Jim Elkins - Steven Geray as Mexican Joe Runtime: 103 minutes.