A greedy rancher is charging excessive prices for access to the area's only water supply, extorting the smaller ranchers in the area. A water diviner teams up with a cattle buyer to force the villain to share the water with his neighbors.
U.S. Marshal Rocky Lane arrives to help his friend Nugget whose shipments are being robbed. Learning the gang only goes for incoming shipments, he figures they are repacking the loot and having Nugget ship it out. So he hijacks the next outgoing shipment finding a box labeled tools contains gold bars. Then posing as an outlaw he makes a deal with the gang hoping to round them up. But the boss learns he is a Marshal and he is made a prisoner.
En 1945, trois soldats démobilisés, le sergent d'infanterie Al Stephenson, le capitaine d'aviation Fred Derry et le marin Homer Parrish, font connaissance dans l'avion qui les ramène à Boone City, leur ville natale. Leurs sentiments sont partagés entre l'impatience et l'appréhension. Ils ne tardent pas à reprendre contact avec la réalité quotidienne...