A long-lost gold treasure, believed buried in the sand dunes of the fabulous Walking Hills, attracts adventurers Jim Carey (
Randolph Scott), a rancher; Shep (
William Bishop), rodeo rider wanted for murder; Old Will (
Edgar Buchanan); Chalk (
Arthur Kennedy); Frazee (
John Ireland), a detective hunting Shep; Johnny (
Jerome Courtland), a cowboy and Josh (
Josh White), an entertainer. Uninvited, Chris Jackson (
Ella Raines, loved by both Jim and Shep, joins the treasure-hunters. Hard work, suspicion, danger and intrigues and hatreds culminate in a grim fight with shovels, and a raging desert sand-storm leads to the conclusion.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>