Forced to take a precipitous route off the rimrocks down into an unknown valley to escape certain death by four men pursuing him, Pete Knight, a cowhand seeking a job, sees a town ahead in the distance. If he can just make it to that town, he believes he will be safe. Little does he know that he is heading into the town of Gunsight, Wyoming, where a long-standing feud between the townsmen and the range men has reached the boiling point.
