Horseless and down to his last dollar, out-of-work cowpuncher Nahum Crabtree ended up in the small town of Rios. After a spell in jail, he thought his fortunes might be improving when he got taken on by a freighting outfit, especially when one of his bosses turned out to be an attractive young woman. Everything was going well - until he found himself unwittingly involved in springing a convict from Yuma Penitentiary.