The relatives of a recently deceased man gather at his eerie mansion but before his will can be read, they start being murdered one by one.

A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new marshal (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.

An aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised.