Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (James Cagney) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town’s sheriff shoots the kid he’s riding with (John Derek) Cagney clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman (Viveca Lindfors) and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.