A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang.

During the American Civil War, three men search for a buried fortune.

One man stands up to the corporate mining boss who is out to kill all of the independent miners in gold rush California.

A cowboy rescues a nun from a gang of attackers and the two set off to capture a garrison from the French army occupying Mexico. Along the way, the cowboy discovers the nun is not who she claims to be.

Jed Cooper is mistaken for a criminal and is unjustly hung by the ruthless Captain Wilson and his nine-man gang, who leave him for dead. Cooper escapes the lynching and sets out on a deadly rampage of revenge against his persecutors.