Plot: Entrusted with the lifetime savings of Good Hope's townsfolk to hire a schoolteacher, instead, the reformed outlaw, Link Jones, ends up robbed and abandoned in the vast Texan wilderness, accompanied by his two new friends: the saloon singer, Billie, and the card sharp, Sam Beasley. Stranded nearly 160 kilometres away from Fort Worth, Link leads his helpless companions to an all too familiar place, only to confront the ghosts of the past, and the ruthless gang of his grizzled mentor and notorious bandit, Dock Tobin. In the eyes of Dock, the return of the prodigal son marks the beginning of a new era in crime, and Link must play along if he and his fellow travellers want to live. Has the man of the West truly renounced his former self?
Alternative Plot: Ex-outlaw Link Jones (Gary Cooper) is aboard a train when it is robbed by bandits. When he tries to intervene, he's knocked out and left in the middle of nowhere with saloon singer Billie (Julie London), whom he hoped to hire as a schoolteacher in his town, and Sam (Arthur O'Connell), a con man. Link brings the three to his nearby former home, now the hideout for the bandits, who are led by his uncle (Lee J. Cobb) -- and to save his new friends, he must rejoin the old gang for one last holdup.
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