The Spikes Gang

Harry Spikes, an aging bank robber, is found injured and near death in the Old West. Three young friends—Wil Young, Tod Hayhew, and Les Richter—come across him, tend to his wounds, and help him recover without accepting any payment. Grateful, Spikes leaves them promising never to forget their kindness.

Encouraged by Spikes's stories of the good life and after enduring a beating from his father Abel, Wil Young decides to escape his troubled home. He is motivated by a desire for excitement and easy living, and he persuades his friends Tod and Les to join him in leaving town.

The three boys travel to a Texas town, where they are hungry and despondent. Inspired, they attempt to rob a bank, but the plan goes awry when Tod accidentally kills a man and Les drops all the money. They manage to escape across the Rio Grande into Mexico.

In the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, the boys are penniless and struggle to find work. Wil pawns his grandfather’s antique watch for $10, which they later try to steal back but end up in jail after stumbling into the sheriff's office.

The boys suffer for eight weeks in jail before they recognize Spikes, who bribes the jailer to buy them baths, food, and drinks. Spikes announces that the man they killed was a state senator and that a bounty of $1500 is on each of their heads, dead or alive.

After trying to go straight and find work, the boys reunite with Spikes, who offers to take them into his gang for a new series of criminal endeavors. Spikes tests their skills with a dry run of a bank robbery in Mexico, strengthening their resolve for future crimes.

They attempt a bank robbery back in the US, but it turns into a colossal failure. During the escape, Tod is shot in the back, and they face a fight with the Posse. Spikes urges Wil and Les to abandon Tod, but they refuse, leading to further violence.

Tod’s wounds prove fatal, and Wil and Les bury him after fleeing from the posse. Wil then returns to Mexico alone to deliver a letter to Tod’s family, promising to meet Les again in two weeks at the 'Big Church' in Piedras Negras.

Wil encounters Jack Basset, who informs him Les sent him and that Les has been severely wounded by bounty hunters Morton and Spikes. Wil kills Morton outside the infirmary, but Les dies in his arms, leaving Wil devastated.

Wil confronts Spikes at his hotel room, where Spikes reveals he has a pardon from the Texas governor if he captures the boys. After an intense fight, Wil kills Spikes in a shootout, but Wil is shot in the chest and collapses dead as he tries to leave.

The film concludes with a montage of the boys at the beginning of their adventure, recalling their youthful optimism and saying, 'C'mon, Let's go get lucky!' symbolizing their innocence and the fleeting nature of their dreams.