The lawless nineties

John Wayne stars as a federal agent determined to break up the corrupt Wyoming-territory political machine run by Charles K. Plummer. Plummer is a politician by day and the head of a corrupt vigilante army by night, bent on killing anyone who opposes his reign. George 'Gabby' Hayes co-stars as Major Carter, a newspaper journalist in town with his lovely daughter to cover the eventual election for the statehood of Wyoming.