Krallık tacı için savaşan iki kardeşin mücadelesini anlatan film, iki büyük aktörü karşı karşıya getiriyor. 8. ve 9. yüzyılda Avrupa'da hüküm süren, tüm yaşamlarını savaş Tanrısı Odine'ye adayan ve her yeri yıkıp yağmalayan Vikingler'i anlatan, unutulmaz film. Edison Marshall'ın romanından yapılan uyarlama, güzel renkleri, oyuncuların performansı, doğal setleri ve akıcı temposuyla sivriliyor. Filmin en ilginç özelliği ise hikayeyi Orson Welles'in anlatıyor oluşu.

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.

Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.