Cowpoke Jim Lacy (Mitchum), nicknamed Nevada, rides with his two sidekicks, an ornery wisecracking Dusty (Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams), and a juvenile amorous Mexican-Irish guitarist singer, Chito Jose Gonzales Bustamante Rafferty (Richard Martin). After a winning streak with the dice, Nevada has a small fortune in yellowback bills from his craps winnings. With news of gold being up in the Comstock, these cowboys are tempted to speculate themselves.
Gold prospecting ranch owner Ben Ide takes the money and sets off to buy mining equipment, but Cash Burridge gets his thug-heavy man Joe Powell to kill Ide and recover the money. Nevada finds Ide and the money. He is the first man on the scene when the prospector is whacked by two men. The posse arrives immediately after, suspects Nevada of foul play, and Nevada is unjustly accused of a murder he didn't commit. Nevada is helped out by both a worldly saloon singer, Julie Dexter (Anne Jeffreys) and the innocent, sweet, murder victim's daughter, Hattie Ide (Nancy Gates).
Takes it time to get started, but once it does this Robert Mitchum western clocks in a nifty and involving 60 minutes of Wild West entertainment with a strong plot of a hero accused of murder and robbery, enough fast riding and gunplay and a good duplicitous villain. Chito Rafferty and Guinn Williams are Mitchum's sidekicks.
Gold prospecting ranch owner Ben Ide takes the money and sets off to buy mining equipment, but Cash Burridge gets his thug-heavy man Joe Powell to kill Ide and recover the money. Nevada finds Ide and the money. He is the first man on the scene when the prospector is whacked by two men. The posse arrives immediately after, suspects Nevada of foul play, and Nevada is unjustly accused of a murder he didn't commit. Nevada is helped out by both a worldly saloon singer, Julie Dexter (Anne Jeffreys) and the innocent, sweet, murder victim's daughter, Hattie Ide (Nancy Gates).
Takes it time to get started, but once it does this Robert Mitchum western clocks in a nifty and involving 60 minutes of Wild West entertainment with a strong plot of a hero accused of murder and robbery, enough fast riding and gunplay and a good duplicitous villain. Chito Rafferty and Guinn Williams are Mitchum's sidekicks.