
When gold is discovered on Sioux land in the Dakotas, three outlaws (Bull Stanley, Spade Allen, and Mike Costigan) save settler Lee Carleton after her father is murdered and appoint themselves her unlikely guardians. As a corrupt sheriff and a wagon-rush for claims close in, the 'bad men' try to secure her a future even as their own last stand approaches.
Ford, 1926: gold on Sioux land, three outlaws, a settler's daughter, and a land rush for the finish. The bad men appoint themselves guardians and the film gives them a last stand. Watch the rush. Ford was practicing the shot he would spend a career on, and this one is nearly as big as Tumbleweeds.