Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of , has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarthy, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarthy while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence: but the townspeople's loyalty to him gradually begins to waver under McCarthy's accusations.
Al Haskell , Al Hill , Alan Hale Jr , Barbara Woodell , Budd Buster , Burt Mustin , Byron Foulger , Dan Duryea , Dolores Moran , Edgar Barrier , Emile Meyer , Florence Auer , Frank Ellis , Frank Sully , Gene Roth , Hank Mann , Harry Carey Jr , Hugh Sanders , I Stanford Jolley , Joe Devlin , John Dierkes , John Hudson , John Payne , Lane Chandler , Lizabeth Scott , Morris Ankrum
