Ruthless oil baron Emerton Martin discovers that a rich oil field spreads across four ranches in North Point. His purchase offers rejected, he recruits local outlaws to employ terror tactics. Their first target is to be the Sloping S, run by Jefferson Ward. Meanwhile, North Point's sheriff, Luke Clayton, has been called to the town of Eagle's Bend where he meets Ward's daughter, Evelyn. Events gather momentum when Evelyn's father is murdered, her brother is missing, and their ranch destroyed...
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