Griff Bonnell (Sullivan) and his brothers arrive in a small, Arizona town       He is a U      S       Marshal looking to arrest Howard Swain (Chuck Roberson), coincidentally one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s (Stanwyck) 40 guns       The town is being terrorized and trashed by Brockie and his boys       He’s an arrogant drunk and bully but when he shoots an old buddy of Griff’s, he and his brothers intervene      　　Griff strides purposefully towards the action, unconcerned at the mayhem going on       Brockie’s buddies recognize the lawman and flee but the drunk Brockie doesn’t know or care       Fuller cuts back and forth between a close-up of Griff’s eyes and Brockie’s gun repeatedly until the climax when Griff finally reaches Rocky and knocks him unconscious with a punch       Griff and Jessica inevitably cross paths and their relationship starts off as antagonistic but eventually blossoms into a romance