Marshal of Medicine Lodge — Stan Lynde

The year is 1886. Trouble is brewing on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. U. S. Marshal Chance Ridgeway sends his young deputy, Merlin Fanshaw, to the town of Medicine Lodge in an attempt to restore law and order to the wild, remote settlement.

The assignment seems a simple one, but a powerful cattleman and his brutal son seek to maintain their stringent control over the town, including the area's vast grazing lands. Deputy Fanshaw soon realizes the formidable duo will stop at nothing to achieve their selfish aspirations.

Before summer is over, Deputy Fanshaw is seduced by an alluring young temptress and finds himself caught in a web of racism and violence that culminates in a shocking murder and the false arrest of his friend, City Marshal Jeff Brown. As time runs out, Deputy Fanshaw must track down the real killer and save his comrade from death on the gallows.