Oscar nominated singer and actress Ronee Blakley stars in this western as Willie, a strong willed pioneer woman who settles near the Texas-Mexico border during the time of the Mexican revolution. There, she, her husband Pat (Dean Stockwell), and their two little girls becomes involved in a tense political battle between Pancho Villa himself and Mexican soldiers who disguise themselves as bandits and invade the family's new hometown. Based on the 1943 novel by Cleo Lawson, SHE CAME TO THE VALLEY depicts true events.