When drifter Tom Belman's horse is stolen in the Texas panhandle, his pursuit of the young thief leads to an unfriendly reunion with a former soldier in his unit, Lou Currier, now sheriff of the small town of Ortega Point. A subsequent lynching compels Tom to find and return to her home an unknown woman who is also being sought by Currier's posse. But her investigation into the affairs of a local businessman upon returning to Ortega Point will put herself and Belman in grave danger...
