Buckley Duane's father was a gunfighter who died by the gun and, in accepting a drunken bully's challenge, Duane himself is involved in a gun play through which he becomes outlawed. He roams the dark trails of southwestern Texas, living with outlawed men. It is in one of these outlaw camps that he meets Jennie Lee, a girl with a limp who is held prisoner and regularly abused by gang members. Duane plots her escape. When she is lost to him during their flight, Duane languishes for years in loneliness, sought and pursued by ranchers and glory hunters. When Duane finds Jenny Lee again, he struggles to overcome his past, finding again hope for himself and Jennie Lee.