Brutal Army officer Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives) leads a band of violent, renegade cavalrymen running roughshod over the denizens of a far-flung township in this gritty Western directed by André De Toth. When rancher Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) shrewdly makes a bargain with Bruhn, will it save the town from doom? The supporting cast includes Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Nehemiah Persoff and David Nelson.