Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 1916, i te wā e noho ana nga hoia o U.S.
Ka whai i a Pancho Villa, ka tohua a Army Major Thomas Thorn (Gary Cooper) hei kaitirotiro pakanga me te utu i te toa. Kua tohua ia mo tenei mahi e te Koronela Rogers (Robert Keith), 63 ona tau te pakeke me te hiahia kia eke ki te rangatira nui i mua i te reti whakahauanga i etahi marama mai i tenei wa.