In a tale of old rivalries and forbidden love, Ray Milland stars as Sgt. Kern Shafter, a cavalryman who must navigate his complicated past when he's stationed at an Army post alongside his long-time enemy, Capt. Edward Garnett (Hugh Marlowe). Their animosity is matched only by their shared attraction to the beautiful Josephine Russell (Helena Carter), leading to a deadly game of cat and mouse among the Sioux-infested plains.