A woman has a brief fling with an outlaw while he is waiting for his gang to return from a bank robbery, and when he is later reported dead, she makes a fortune from selling her story. However, the bandit is very much alive and is outraged to discover the extent of her money-making schemes. Comedy Western, starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland.

Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.