An eastward-bound wagon is attacked by Indians, and the only survivors are a group of orphaned children and a half-breed convict known as Comanche Todd (Richard Widmark). Todd is guilty of shooting the three white men who killed his wife, but his seemingly ferocious mien is disproved as he leads the innocents to safety. Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig, Nick Adams and James Drury star as the orphans.