
A man (William Elliott) arrives in town seeking proof that a wealthy rancher is responsible for his brother's murder.
A man (William Elliott) arrives in town seeking proof that a wealthy rancher is responsible for his brother's murder.
In the Wild West, a murderous outlaw known as El Indio and his gang are terrorizing and robbing the citizens of the region. With a bounty on El Indio's head, two bounty hunters, Monco and Col. Douglas Mortimer, come to collect the prize. Upon their first meeting, the two men view each other as rivals, but they eventually agree to become partners in their mutual pursuit of the vicious criminal.
Returning from the war, Buck gets caught by Murdock, who takes his letter of introduction to the Del Reys. Posing as Buck, Murdock takes Del Ray's jewels and his daughter Jaunita. To rescue Juanita, Buck poses as Murdock.
The Union army sends a Confederate prisoner (Howard Keel) to Arizona as a lawman, but he doubles as a spy.
A man (William Elliott) arrives in town seeking proof that a wealthy rancher is responsible for his brother's murder.
Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) is a tough-as-nails pioneer with dreams of starting a freight service in Tucson, Ariz. Peter Muncie (William Holden), a vagabond passing through Arizona en route to California, takes a romantic interest in Phoebe and coaxes out her softer side. Just as their romance begins to blossom, Peter packs up and moves on. Though charming southerner Jefferson Carteret (Warren William) steps in to lend a hand, he may be plotting in secret to sabotage Phoebe's nascent business.
Aging rancher George Washington McLintock, a wealthy self-made man, is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men, McLintock's own sons and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife, who left him two years previously, suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in her husband -- she wants custody of their daughter.
Lutie Cameron (Katharine Hepburn) arrives in New Mexico, having married cattleman James Brewton (Spencer Tracy) after a short courtship. She finds that her husband is considered a tyrant by locals for jealously guarding his million acres of land, the "Sea of Grass," against homesteaders. Lutie is unfaithful to him with his enemy, liberal lawyer Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas), and conceives a son. When James finds out, he orders her to leave -- without her two children.
One bank robber (David Brian) double-crosses another (Neville Brand), giving the undertaker and others a chance at the loot.