After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.

James Coburn
as Lewton Cole

Carroll O'Connor
as Sheriff John Copperud

Margaret Blye
as Billee Copperud

Claude Akins
as Sgt. Henry Foggers

Timothy Carey
as Hilb

Bruce Dern
as Deputy

Joan Blondell
as Lavinia

James Whitmore
as Capt. Shipley

Harry Davis
as Ben

Roy Jenson
as Doc Quinlen