Johnny Behind-the-Deuces (
Dan Dailey) is a travelling salesman in the 1870s who is surprised to find himself in the midst of a battle involving a small railroad company in Colorado. Kit Dodge, Jr. (
Anne Baxter), the granddaughter of a U.S. Marshal, Kit Dodge (
Will Wright), is backing Terence Sweeny (
Walter Brennan) in his attempt to get his train through to Tomahawk to secure a government franchise. But a stagecoach company also wants the franchise and sends Dakota (
Rory Calhoun) and his hired henchmen to stop the train, no matter the means employed to do so.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>