Johnny Yuma, a former Confederate soldier, returns to his hometown in Texas two years after the end of the Civil War to discover that an outlaw gang led by a ruthless businessman has killed his father, the sheriff, and taken over the town and the nearby gold mine as well. Although urged by his aunt, his father's deputy and the town's newspaper editor to leave town, Johnny is determined to exact revenge on the men responsible for his father's death.
—David Bassler