Powder River

In 1875, ex-lawman Chino Bullock puts away his guns and heads for the Powder River with old pal Johnny Slater to pan for gold. When they are ambushed by outlaws Loney Logan and Will Horn, Johnny comes to his rescue, and Chino rides to town for supplies.

At a saloon run by the beautiful Frenchie Dumont, he meets Loney Logan’s brother, Harvey Logan, a card dealer. A drunken Sam Harris begins shooting up the place, killing the sheriff with a stray bullet as everyone else flees. Chino volunteers to go in after him and knocks him out, but declines the offer to become sheriff. Returning to the river, Chino finds Johnny dead and their gold stolen. Now broke, he returns to town and reluctantly takes on the sheriff job.

Frenchie’s beau, gunslinger Mitch Hardin, rides into town and challenges Chino, but is stricken with a headache so painful it incapacitates him. A stagecoach brings to town the sophisticated Debbie Allen, who has come from Connecticut to find her former sweetheart, Mitch, who was once a doctor there. She learns that Mitch is now involved with Frenchie and also that he is suffering from a brain tumor, causing the severe headaches. Debbie decides to go back east on the next stage.

Chino sets a trap. Accompanied by Mitch, who owes Chino for saving his life, and let word leak of a $300,000 gold shipment being aboard. Loney’s men come to rob it and are defeated. Later in town Chino arrests Harvey and then Debbie is accidentally shot by Harvey’s men when they attack Chino in the barn. Mitch is the only one with the surgical skill to save Debbie’s life, and he does so.

Loney’s gang tries to rescue Harvey but he is shot by Chino while trying to escape. Loney’s gang attack and Chino kills Loney. When Debbie tells Mitch she is staying, Mitch decides to leave. Chino discovers that it was in fact Mitch who murdered Johnny and stole their gold. As they begin to shoot it out, Mitch shoots Chino’s gun out of his hand, but then collapses in agony and dies in Chino’s arms. Frenchie arrives, is distraught and cradles Mitch’s head. The next day, Frenchie boards the stage, leaving Chino and Debbie to a future together.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 09:26