A stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman traveller find themselves at the mercy of four desperate outlaws intent on robbing the next day's gold shipment.

Vinnie Holt, a single woman travelling with her toddler niece, becomes stranded at Rawhide, a desert stagecoach way station managed by stationmaster Sam Todd and his assistant Tom Owens. Owens is quickly impressed by Vinnie's independent self-confidence. Rafe Zimmerman, a fugitive murderer from Huntsville Prison disguised as a deputy, and three other ruthless escapees take over the station, intent on robbing the next day's gold shipment. After murdering Sam, Zimmerman knows they must keep Tom alive in order to complete their plans. Owens does not correct Zimmmerman's assumption that Vinnie is his wife, correctly sensing that the misconception might be the key to her survival as well.—duke1029 / Hans Delbruck

Four felons escape from prison and take over a stagecoach stop, killing one of the employees. This leaves the remaining employee, Tom Owens, plus a woman, Vinnie Holt, and her baby Callie who were left stranded by a stagecoach. The gang is out to rob the stagecoach arriving the next day, carrying gold. The gang needs Owens to pull off the heist but Tom and Vinnie set out to thwart their plan.—grantss

Two staff members at a way station on the route of the San Francisco to St. Louis mail stagecoach run are warned that four dangerous outlaws are in the area. Together with a female stage passenger and her baby, they wait patiently for word to go around that these men have been caught.—Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>