参议员Ransom "Rance" Stoddard（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 饰）带着他的妻子Hallie（维拉·迈尔斯 饰）回到一个小镇去参加一个老朋友Tom的葬礼，他们三人的友情还得追溯到多年前......
年轻的律师Ransom在来小镇的路上遭到了一路恶棍的抢劫，恶棍们的头领叫Liberty Valance（李·马文 饰）。受伤的Ransom被镇里的一家开餐厅的人收留，认识了开餐厅的夫妇的女儿Hallie，同时也结识了爱着Hallie的Tom（约翰·韦恩 饰）。镇上的人民也深受Liberty一伙人所害。Ransom开始运用自己的知识启发当地民众，希望用法律途径来惩罚Liberty。而Tom则一次次劝说Ransom离开小镇。在一次选举上，双方的矛盾达到了最高潮。Ransom与Tom联合一同对抗Liberty，这场战争最后的赢家是谁？

Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.

The impressive title work is the viewer's first clue that producer William Alland and director Eugene Lourie squeezed considerable artistry and style from a shoestring budget. Look past the economic limitations; the suspenseful and imaginative story involves the death of a humanitarian genius whose father (a famous surgeon) and brother (a robotics expert) team up to keep the genius' brain alive in a robot body (well designed by ace effects artist John P. Fulton). The film's message concerns the nature of the soul and the role which physical sensations play in making humans act humane. Other affects by Fulton include one of sci-fi cinema's best death rays. All in all, a moving and intelligent movie