Yankee sergeant Yellowleg (Brian Keith), saves the outlaw Turkey (Chill Wills), from hanging & they ride together to Gila City to rob a bank. When other bandits rob a store, Yellowleg accidentally kills the son of Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). She decides to bury her son in the town where her husband is buried. Yellowleg enlists Billy (Steve Cochran) & Turkey to help escort Kit & the coffin there.
