Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.

Long riders: A sympathetic portrayal of the members of the Jesse James gang in which four pairs of actor brothers portray real-life siblings. Stagecoach: A determined driver and his passengers -- including a pregnant women, a drunken dentist, a bank manager with a case of stolen money, a gambler, and the infamous Ringo Kid -- travel through Apache territory despite warnings from the Cavalry. Way west: Senator William Tadlock leads a wagon train...