In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

美国内战结束后，曾经的陆军上校约翰和战友詹姆斯代领两队人马横穿墨西哥无人区，但均被匮乏让他们寸步难行，最后约翰只能把随从的马匹带到不受欢迎的墨西哥人那换钱，每头35美元成交。而此时詹姆斯答应代领这些墨西哥人逃离此地，生活在这里的墨西哥人内战爆发后被美国发横财的暴发户整得苦不堪言破产无家可归，他么渴望离开这里开始新的生活。正在这时这些美国来的强盗再次肆虐当地，约翰和詹姆斯凭借他们俩在军队中的经验战胜了强盗，带着墨西哥人奔往新的生活。

描写德国军官积极参与反希特勒的活动, 并且解救美国上校的故事。

这次莱斯明少校的囚犯敢死队的任务是除掉计划刺杀希特勒的纳粹将军，以防第三帝国失去元首后局势动荡。
毕竟离战争结束的时间不远了，盟军最高统帅部不希望再节外生枝。