Rancher Shep Horgan takes in injured drifter Jubal, and offers him a job. However, a jealous ranch hands takes a dislike to the new arrival, and tries to persuade Horgan that Jubal is having an affair with his wife. Western, starring Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger, Valerie French and Charles Bronson and the late Ernest Borgnine.

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.