Fred Graham

Ben Stride (Randolph Scott, in a role originally slated for John Wayne) trudges stoically through the West, hunting down the seven men responsible for the murder of his wife in a Wells Fargo station holdup. As the film opens, we see him dispatching two of the miscreants during a driving rainstorm.

Hoping for Western film fame, Monte Hale, Danny, Gloria, and dancing horse Pardner must fight off rival Rod Mason to keep their shot at stardom.