- Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of feuding ranchers in the old west.
- A story of a range-war in the Texas Panhandle in which the 'bad' brother villain fights for what is right...and commits murder in its name, and the 'good' brother hero sanctions wholesale cattle rusting and, reluctantly in the end, comes to the realization that maybe he isn't doing the right thing.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- After brothers Tom and Jeff Cloud find the corpse of their foreman Juan Amordor hidden under a bush on their Texas ranch, they ride into town to report the murder to Sheriff Elmer Gaul. Later, they learn from neighbor Kathleen Boyce, with whom Tom is having an affair, that her husband Earl witnessed the murder and now fears for his life. When a stranger rides onto their land, Tom says he recognizes the man as Kid Wichita, who is actually the Clouds' outlaw brother James. Wichita then offers to help them find Juan's killer, in exchange for food and shelter, and Tom agrees. Later, Tom, Jeff and Wichita visit Earl, who steadfastly refuses to say who killed Juan. That evening, Wichita meets up with his henchman Turkey and the rest of his gang, and together they catch a rival gang, made up of of neighboring ranchers, in the act of rustling Tom's cattle. Wichita steals their saddles, takes them back to the ranch and reports the attempted rustling to Tom. When Tom offers to pay Wichita for his help, he asks instead for half ownership of the ranch. Shortly after Tom returns the saddles to the rustlers, neighbor Sam Beard arrives to warn him that they now plan to kill him. Later, Wichita and his men go to Earl's home and threaten him with harm unless he continues to keep quiet. After they leave, Tom arrives, and Kathleen tells him that Wichita's gang has also been rustling cattle. When Tom notices that a few head of his cattle are missing, Wichita pays him $300 as compensation. As Wichita is leaving to meet his gang, Jeff asks to come along, but Tom forbids his younger brother from leaving. Wichita and his gang then ride into town, shoot Elmer and go to the Boyce ranch. There, Wichita helps himself to a drink, while Earl eyes the rifle that Tom lent them for protection. Meanwhile, Tom's neighbor, John Gaul, visits his son Elmer at his office, finds his corpse on the floor and takes up his sheriff's badge. Later, Kathleen informs Tom that Earl has threatened to kill Wichita. That evening, Wichita and his gang return to the Boyce home, and when Earl reaches for Tom's rifle, Wichita grabs it and kills him. As soon as Wichita leaves, Kathleen rushes to tell Tom about the killing, saying that she will report it in the morning. Afraid that suspicion will fall on Tom for Wichita's act, Sam begs him to leave immediately. Soon Turkey arrives to say that while out riding, they were attacked by the rival gang, who kidnapped Jeff. Tom, Sam and Wichita go to the gang's hideout to rescue Jeff, and after they succeed, Wichita rides away, while Tom threatens to come after him. Later, when Wichita returns to the Cloud ranch, Tom says he will turn him over to Gaul for Earl's murder. Wichita then draws his gun, but before he can shoot, Sam grabs his and kills him.
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