 Once they arrive, it is learned that many people want to kill Joe, as he was once the local sheriff who had many people hanged.They also find that a group of Joe's old friends also want him dead as they are the beneficiaries of his will.Rosette works at a casino whose owner, Jake Stillman (Bruce Cabot), demands that she marry Joe, whom Jake also plans to kill once he is married to Rosette, so that he can gain the fortune in gold.