A cavalry dispatch rider protects a widow and her young son from an Apache attack; two men share the task of ridding a town of a gunman; a girl hires the drunken, one-eyed, overweight marshal to find and kill the man who murdered her father and stole the family's money; a dying gunman becomes involved with a widow and her son; a wealthy cattle baron has trouble controlling his wife and daughter; the four sons of Katie Elder set out to avenge both her death and their father's murder; Union Col. Cord McNally tracks two traitors responsible for the death of his best friend; a man sets out to rescue his grandson who has been kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang; an alcoholic sheriff and his gunfighter friend battle cattle barons and businessmen in the Old West.