修女莎拉(雪莉·麦克雷恩 饰)只身前往西部旅途中险遭三名匪徒强暴,所幸牛仔霍根(克林特·伊斯特伍德 饰)出面相救.霍根本来要前往某法军驻地做勘查工作,如今他决定做莎拉的保镖,护送莎拉.不过莎拉也要有所回报,他得提供霍根法军驻地的内部状况消息。而这二人在一路上逐渐变成好 友,但是却也让霍根对莎拉越来越好奇,因为莎拉的行为举止实在不像个修女.她不但会讲粗话、抽雪茄甚至喝酒,到底莎拉内心藏有什么秘密?

Gringo miner Gallager is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-11 when corrupt administrator Ruiz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel, then finds there's a price on his head; he becomes romantically involved with her in the course of a series of rescues and ambushes, leading up to Orozco's march on Ciudad Juarez.

A gringo gunman and two Mexican families fight a bandit and his gang.