To keep from serving time in jail, Vince Templeton agrees to take on a false identity and go to Surlock, Wyoming. Once there he is to work as a teamster for Charles Huxton and try to prevent a war that is brewing between Huston's Transport and the Yates freight outfit. However, when he falls hard for Jessie Yates, he has the impossible task of winning over a girl who hates him and everyone working for Huxton. When the showdown comes, he must not only save the woman he loves, but also face a deadly gunman named Phoenix Cline....