At high noon the dusty border pueblo of Laredo would be charged with excitement. 

The wily curly wolf of an outlaw, Bart Campion - 

a legend along the Rio Grande - 

had finally been caught and was about to be hung for murder.

Spectators from all over the rugged spine of Texas and beyond filled the Laredo-bound stages to bursting, including vulnerable eighteen-year-old Molly Bishop desperate to have Bart reveal the answer to the question that has shadowed her entire life before he dies. 

For help she turns to the strong young rancher Owen Pryor who has his own dark score from the past to settle with Bart and his gang. 

And he will get his chance because Bart's longriders are also headed for Laredo - 

sworn to spring Bart free and turn the streets of Laredo to blood.