Griff Bonnell (Sullivan) and his brothers arrive in a small, Arizona town. He is a U.S. Marshal looking to arrest Howard Swain (Chuck Roberson), coincidentally one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s (Stanwyck) 40 guns. The town is being terrorized and trashed by Brockie and his boys. He’s an arrogant drunk and bully but when he shoots an old buddy of Griff’s, he and his brothers intervene.　　Griff strides purposefully towards the action, unconcerned at the mayhem going on. Brockie’s buddies recognize the lawman and flee but the drunk Brockie doesn’t know or care. Fuller cuts back and forth between a close-up of Griff’s eyes and Brockie’s gun repeatedly until the climax when Griff finally reaches Rocky and knocks him unconscious with a punch. Griff and Jessica inevitably cross paths and their relationship starts off as antagonistic but eventually blossoms into a romance.

在美国西南部小镇黑岩，当地居民都有一个共通的秘密——他们在二战时虐待了日裔农夫。当一个外来的独臂人到镇上向人问问题时，便引起了人们的怀疑和恐慌。

太平洋战争期间，日本已占领菲律宾全境，一小队菲律宾游击队深夜偷袭日本沿海岗哨，但被发现激烈的交火游击队伤亡惨重，只剩一人逃脱，盟军总部美军得到了游击队偷袭失败的报告，根据可靠消息一家妓院将迎来一批日本高级指挥官，于是盟军准备训练一支妓女小队进行刺杀行动……