曾参加过美国内战的退伍老兵埃森·爱德华兹（约翰·韦恩 John Wayne 饰）战争结束后返回家乡德克萨斯州，来到哥哥的农场希望与亲人重聚团圆。埃森一直暗恋着自己的嫂子，只把这份感情放在心底。然而一场科曼奇族的突袭，让埃森的心愿彻底粉碎。在这次印地安人的袭击中，埃森的哥嫂双双被杀，侄女黛比（娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰）被掠，生死未卜。...
A young female journalist gets a chance to follow a famous football star for three days to write an article about him, as her first assignment. What seems at first like a lavish, luxurious lifestyle turns into a dangerous situation....
