A former gunman starts a new life as the editor of a newspaper in a small Texan town, but clashes with a powerful land baron whose underhand dealings he is about to expose. Tension escalates further when an enemy from the past rides into town, leaving him with no choice but to buckle on his six-guns one more time. Western drama, starring Randolph Scott, Phyllis Thaxter and David Brian.

Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.