A long-serving marshal, who has done his utmost to the keep peace in the town of Medicine Bend, looks forward to a reconciliation with his estranged wife, a touring musical star. Just as she arrives in town, three notorious criminals show up and start causing trouble - and the lawman has to decide whether to hang up his guns for his wife's sake or do his duty. Western, with Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker and Warner Anderson.

A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.