A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the murder of the local banker, and winds up hiding in the basement of a house where the local sheriff, who is very sick, lives with his daughter.

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.

艾伦（贝特西·德雷克 Betsy Drake 饰）在旅途中结识了名叫杰夫（罗伯特·杨 Robert Young 饰）的建筑师，杰夫曾经就差一点要和未婚妻携手步入婚姻的殿堂了，在这个节骨眼上，他的未婚妻因为意外去世了。自此之后，杰夫性情大变，喜怒无常，宛如患上了精神分裂症一般。 不仅如此，厄运似乎从此就跟上了杰夫，他接二连三的失去了人生中他认为非常重要的东西，还丢掉了工作。艾伦认为这一切是有人在背后捣鬼，当她想要找出幕后的罪魁祸首时，杰夫的心理医生告诉她，杰夫也许患上了非常严重的妄想症，如果继续和他接触的话，艾伦会有生命危险。