When Frank Miller, an escaped convict, jumps from a train in Kansas he's desperate to prove his innocence. He assumes another man's identity, but becomes ensnared in more trouble. Greed amongst local ranchers causes a flurry of murders, and Frank is accused and jailed. Now the target for the lynch-crazy vigilantes, Frank receives a proposition. Will this offer him salvation? Amidst the bullets and violence, he struggles for justice and to shake off the shackles of both past and present.