AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, UNION TROOPS CATCH BELLE SHIRLEY, A SOUTHERN BELLE, HARBOURING THE WANTED CONFEDERATE GUERRILLA FIGHTER SAM STARR. IN RETRIBUTION, UNION MAJOR AND OLD FRIEND THOMAS CRAIL MUST FOLLOW ORDERS BY BURNING DOWN THEIR HOME AND ARRESTING SHIRLEY'S BROTHER. INCENSED, SHIRLEY SPRINGS STARR FROM JAIL AND JOINS HIS REBELS. BUT AFTER MARRYING STARR, SHIRLEY DISCOVERS THE OUTLAW LIFE IS NOT WHAT SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. STARRING RANDLOPH SCOTT, GENE TIERNEY, DANA ANDREWS, ELIZABETH PATTERSON, CHILL WILLS.