Plot

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

After the Civil War four brothers who fought for the South head west. Yanks are building the Santa Fe Railroad and one of the brothers joins them. The other three still hold their hatred of the North and join up with those trying to stop the railroad's completion. The one brother unsuccessfully tries to keep the other brothers out of trouble but eventually has to join the posse that is after them.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

After the end of the US Civil War, former Confederate soldier Britt Canfield gets a job building the Santa Fe railroad. He's good at his job and soon finds himself the number two man. His urges his three brothers - Terry, Tom and Clint - to join him, but they still can't quite accept that the South was defeated. Britt also meets the very attractive Judith Chandler whose husband was killed while serving in the Union army. When his brothers take to robbing trains, Britt finds himself opposing them.—garykmcd

Following the Civil War, Confederate-veteran Britt Canfield (Randolph Scott) becomes assistant to Santa Fe Railroad construction chief Dave Baxter (Warner Anderson) and falls in love with Judith Chandler ('Janis Carter), the railroad paymaster. Despite his request they go to work for the railroad, Britt's brothers Terry (Jerome Courtland), Tom (Peter M. Thompson) and Clint (John Archer), still fighting for a lost cause, join an outlaw gang robbing trains. Britt is soon forced to lead a posse against his brothers.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>