Pioneers in search of a better life meet danger and romance on the dusty trail in this Western. Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and his daughter meet Beth (Elaine Stewart), whose fiancé is a Union soldier. Lassiter falls for Beth, and when Indians attack, they head to a cavalry camp where Lassiter must battle the Indians as well as Beth's fiancé. Harry Carey Jr. and Slim Pickens co-star.