
The discovery of an invasive insect species threatens his logging business, so Bill Wright (Damian O'Flynn) murders a forest ranger to keep him from reporting his findings. Local hunter Gene Autry (Gene Autry), who had been nearby, shooting at a mountain lion, thinks he may have been responsible for the ranger's death and takes over his job out of a sense of duty to the man's daughter (Patricia White). Gene and his sidekick, Joe Lucas (Jimmy Lloyd), battle Wright and his men to save the forest.
The discovery of an invasive insect species threatens his logging business, so Bill Wright (Damian O'Flynn) murders a forest ranger to keep him from reporting his findings. Local hunter Gene Autry (Gene Autry), who had been nearby, shooting at a mountain lion, thinks he may have been responsible for the ranger's death and takes over his job out of a sense of duty to the man's daughter (Patricia White). Gene and his sidekick, Joe Lucas (Jimmy Lloyd), battle Wright and his men to save the forest.
During the 1840s, six settlers and their guide are caught in a dangerous situation: They are lost, food and water are running out, and the surrounding desert threatens to claim them all. Meanwhile, their guide, Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), refuses to acknowledge that they may be several weeks off-course. When a Native American (Rod Rondeaux) is captured, Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), one of the settlers, shields him from Meek's wrath, and he offers to lead the group to water in return.
An Easterner (Dan Duryea) becomes an Old West bounty hunter after accidentally wiping out an outlaw gang.
With the American Civil War looming, construction of the Pacific railroad is being held up in Kansas, sabotaged by Confederate sympathizers. The government dispatches an Army engineer, John Nelson (Sterling Hayden), to oversee construction, and he initially rubs the wrong way both his proud boss (Barton MacLane) and his boss's feisty daughter (Eve Miller). Eventually, though, both fall for Nelson's charms, and the hero seeks to uncover the Southern rat so he can lead the Union men due west.
A cowgirl vigilante (Wanda Hendrix) proves to a deputy (Lon McCallister) that the sheriff (Preston Foster) is an outlaw.
Gold thieves and the government rile Geronimo, despite a cavalry captain's (George Montgomery) efforts at peace.
An 1880s gambler (Dean Martin) and preacher (Robert Mitchum) investigate killings stemming from a game of poker.
Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) puts on a badge to clean up a town.
Three brothers become outlaws after the Civil War, while a fourth sibling goes to work for the railroad.