A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.
A frontier marshal doubts his own courage when three gunmen threaten his town.
鲜血、艰难、怯懦和英勇写就的早期西部史中,有许多勇气过人的英雄人物默默怀着满腔激情和正义,将边境从密西西比拓展到太平洋的美国执法官就是典型代表,约翰尼·里诺就是其中之一。本片重现了他短短两天里英勇追求真理和正义的历程。