A kindly ranch owner (Francis Ford) turns his spread into a home for boys whose fathers were killed in World War II, but his scheming lawyer, Hattie Waters (Nana Bryant), wants the valuable land for herself and hires henchmen to terrorize neighboring ranchers. After her conniving goes to deadly lengths, U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers (played by Rogers himself) rides in to investigate in one of the more violent entries in the singing cowboy's catalog.