Lambert (Roy Barcroft) has the stagecoach wrecked, killing the Commissioner (Ed Cassidy), so his phony replacement can alter Coonskin's (Emmett Lynn) land survey. When Red Ryder (Allan Rocky Lane) exposes the survey hoax, Lambert has his stooge Sheriff put Red in jail.
Told in flashback, Johnny Rebel (Johnny Carpenter) tells the story of how he killed Sheriff "Wild Bill" Hickok (Tom Brown).
In Missouri, a Civil War border state, the leaders of a Union cavalry troop realize that they are being spied on by Jean Selby (Ann Savage), a young woman who comes from a family of rebel sympathizers. The Union men set out to track down the Selby family, and cavalry officer Captain Fred Raymond ...
Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is supposed to hitch up with a wagon train and head out west. But, to make the journey, he must first evade a criminal charge by convincing a brassy French girl, Felice (Lily Damita), to pretend to be his wife. Now serving as a trail guide, Clint journeys with Felice ac...