Billy and Denver, another high-spirited youth, are thrown out of Lincoln for their perpetual brawling. They decide to settle their score by meeting for a shootout in a remote mountainous area and Pat Garrett threatens to hang the one who returns if the other man dies. During their maneuvers Denver breaks his leg and while trying to nurse his fellow combatant back to health, Billy discovers how much the two men have in common.
—David Bassler