An Arizona cavalry outpost is disciplined by a new commander in anticipation of an Indian attack. Troy Donahue (A Summer Place) and Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show), who were in real life married at the time, find romance amid the turmoil. Action master Raoul Walsh (Along The Great Divide, Captain Horatio Hornblower) completed his directorial career with this reflective Western from the novel by Paul Horgan (Whitewater)