An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.
A pharmacist moves to California during the Gold Rush and serves the community as a doctor. His life is complicated by unscrupulous political bosses and by the dance hall girl whom he loves.
Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron. (Robert Duvall as a nasty ranchhand.)