Frank Bannister and his gang stop at a New Mexico road house for food and rest. They take the young couple who own it prisoner. They kill them and burn down the building before leaving. Deputy Marshal Jess Harper and Marshal Trim are on the trail of Frank Bannister and his gang for two weeks when Bannister turns the tables on them along the Santa Fe trail in New Mexico. Afoot and with nowhere else to run they make for Fort Defiance Trading Post with Bannister close on their heels. The men, headed by Clint Gentry, who live at the trading post rescue Jess who is wounded and the marshal but one their own, Reb who gave Jess and the marshal time to run, is captured. Bannister is willing to trade, giving Clint an ultimatum, Jess and the marshal for his friend Reb. Gentry is caught between a rock and a hard place and so are Jess and the marshal.
—DarSpi