Following the death of his employer (Dana Andrews), cowboy Pike (Jim Brown) undertakes a perilous endeavor to transport $86,000 to the widow of his boss. With hundreds of miles of desert landscape and ruthless and greedy men between him and his destination, Pike teams up with Tyree (Fred Williamson), an untrustworthy gambler, to better his odds at making it alive. As Pike and Tyree face one attack after another, no one poses more of a threat than Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef), a crafty bounty hunter.