ジョン・ウェイン主演の異色西部劇。銀行強盗犯として追われる3人のならず者は、逃亡中に、瀕死の母親から赤ん坊を託される。次第に赤ん坊に愛情を感じていく3人だが、母親の叔父である保安官に追い詰められていく。

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?