Two old friends have taken drastically different paths growing up. One is a small town sheriff, the other has become a burglar, bent on stealing the gold the other is shipping cross-country.

Although we pass by people constantly during our everyday lives, some interactions make a much bigger impression than others. For one young man, a run-in with outlaw Billy the Kid will end up defining the rest of his life. Of course, it's not a normal day in Billy's life either. Facing off with Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy will soon discover whether or not he can live up to his own bold legend.

Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family.

On his way to Australia, an easy-going stranger with a straight-shooting sidearm, wanders into a small gold rush town and takes what he thinks will be a temporary assignment as sheriff. He finds he has a talent for the job and manages to turn the town derelict into his deputy and outsmart a local outlaw clan. He also becomes the amorous target of the mayor's daughter and does it all without breaking a sweat or dirtying his boots.

Finding men had never been a problem for city girl Molly Truesdale but finding the right man is another matter. Women have never been a problem for cowboy bachelor Duke Hudkins, until they want to marry him. If it's true that opposites attract, these two are obviously made for each other. When they collide at the rodeo hee assumes she's just another pretty gal who'll fall into his arms, but she's a lady who won't be roped easily by a brawling, rough-and-ready...

Roy Rogers plays a variety of good cowboys in these classic television westerns that include musical numbers, kidnappings, feuding cattle ranchers, and much more.