When two desperate men overhear rumors that a railroad worker has run off with stolen gold to a ranch in Northern California, they put a plan in motion to steal the goods. Saul, the younger of the drifters, uses his charm to get hired on as ranch hand where trouble begins to stir. Between the affair with his new bosses beautiful wife and escaping ruthless mercenaries who are also after the treasure, Saul is forced to question: Who is betraying whom?