The girl is a captive hostage at the mercy of the West's most notorious bandit-killer.
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.
John Sturges
Director
William Bowers
Screenplay
William B. Hawks
Producer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Robert Taylor
Jake Wade
Richard Widmark
Clint Hollister
Patricia Owens
Peggy
Robert Middleton
Ortero
Henry Silva
Rennie
DeForest Kelley
Wexler
Burt Douglas
Lieutenant
Eddie Firestone
Burke
Richard H. Cutting
Luke
Roy Engel
Avery
Fred Coby
Rory Mallinson
