Warton, an ex-convict, and Crowder and Devlin, both counterfeiters, join forces to set up an operation in a small western town on the edge of the desert. The town's sheriff, wanting to cut into the deal, offers them protection in return for a rake-off. The trio, not agreeable to this arrangement, incurs his enmity; and the sheriff retaliates by trying to have them hanged. All looks dim for the three when chased into the desert by the sheriff's men, but they escape.—AFI