Former big city newsman Larry Wilder is tired of fighting the powers that be and just wants to enjoy his new life as a small-town newspaper editor. He thinks his bucolic new home will provide him with an easy and unconfl…

小镇沉闷的空气令受过高等教育的Charlie（Teresa Wright）十分压抑，她渴望在外谋大事、自己喜爱和崇敬的Uncle Charlie（Joseph Cotten）能突然出现，为自己的生活注入一缕新风。Charlie欲发电报邀请舅舅来做客时，竟先收到他发来的要…

退伍老兵组成的矿工团队在墨西哥北部过着艰难的生活，而矿主总是给他们增加越来越多的劳动量，工资从来没有提升，矿工们打算群起攻之，找来传说中的神枪手德斯蒙德陆军上校，想借着上校的威风向矿主表达各自心声，然而他们找错了人，约翰…