Gary Peter Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron R. J. Mitchell portray three slightly disreputable 19th-century soldier of luck, en path to Golden State to prospect for gold. stop over in a bantam Mexican small town, the three men are hire by Susan Hayward to deliver her hubby, who is trap in a gold mine in hostile Indian district. The threesome agree to the military expedition, their involvement pique by the possibility of pick up some gold themselves.