The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

Nash Crawford and George Asque are playing poker in a saloon when a tense stranger draws his gun. Nash steps in to protect George and saves him, using a quick line that hints at Wyatt Earp. The attacker misreads the scene and retreats, leaving the two Rangers to their quiet partnership.

After the incident, Nash hands George a telegram urging them to head to Waco because their former partner, the Baltimore Kid, is in trouble. The message is signed Friend, adding a layer of mystery and old loyalties. The note foreshadows a mission that will test the Rangers' old bonds.

Jason Fitch is about to marry Louise Murphy. On the eve of the wedding, Nash and George appear to take Jason with them to Waco, tugging him away from the ceremony. They prove their urgency by shouting the Ranger code Brazos, convincing him to come.

To Waco they go with Jason in tow, the group traveling as they confront a dangerous old case. Jason promises Louise that he will return for the ceremony, showing his loyalty to both his bride and his friends. The journey marks a turning point as old loyalties collide with new responsibilities.

In Waco, the men discover that Friend is Amos Polk, a former outlaw who now works as a newspaper man. Polk leads them to the Baltimore Kid's crude grave and explains how the Kid was wounded after a Wells Fargo robbery and lynched by the townspeople. The truth reframes the mission as a rescue and truth-telling effort.

Polk shows them the Kid's wallet, which bears a note summoning his comrades when he dies. The note reveals that the Kid expected his friends to answer his call in times of danger. The group realizes the Kid was not the villain the town believes.

The four accompany Polk to a saloon and meet a drunken man who resembles the Baltimore Kid; to everyone's surprise, the man is alive. They bring him back to Polk's newspaper office to convince Polk to publish that the real Kid is alive and not an armed robber. The public record begins to shift toward a new legend.

The Kid is cleaned up, given new clothes and a gun, and his gravestone is removed. He becomes Waco's city marshal, with the old Rangers as his deputies. This marks a dramatic redefinition of leadership in the town.

It becomes clear that the outlaw who killed the previous marshal and deputies was actually posing as the Kid, exposing deep misidentification in Waco. The town's vigilante mood begins to fade as truth surfaces. The group braces for a confrontation with the real gang.

The real gang returns to Waco to recover hidden Wells Fargo contraband and to kill the Baltimore Kid. The confrontation escalates as the outlaws close in on the Kid and the Rangers. The town readies for a climactic showdown.

A gunfight erupts in the streets; the Rangers prevail against the outlaws, but the Baltimore Kid is shot dead. The citizens bury him again, this time with honors. The town begins to heal as order returns under the Kid's leadership.

With the danger resolved, the Baltimore Kid waits alive, free to pursue a quiet life. The old Rangers ride out of town with Jason Fitch, who still needs to attend his wedding. The mission that began with a mysterious telegram ends in resolution, friendship renewed, and a hopeful future.