A mixed-race renegade convicted for the murder of his wife's killers and transported to prison in a wagon train. When the party is attacked by Apaches, the only survivors are the prisoner and a group of orphaned children, so he takes responsibility for leading them to safety. Western, with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Ray Stricklyn and Susan Kohner.

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.