After losing his horse in an ill-timed wager, Arizona rancher Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) joins Willard Mims and his new wife, Doretta (Maureen O'Sullivan), as he hitches a ride on a passing stagecoach. Things turn ugly when the stagecoach is hijacked by three thieves whose leader, Usher (Richard Boone), thinks nothing of killing the driver. To spare his own life, the cowardly Willard lets Usher know that, as the daughter of a wealthy copper miner, Doretta could bring a huge ransom. Before leaving to collect the cash, Usher kills Willard. But after Brennan takes out his two henchmen, to protect Doretta, he's forced into a deadly showdown once Usher returns. (Original TItle - The Tall T) © 1957, renewed 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.