"任何事情都有两面性。无论它是好是坏，最后还是要看我们怎么看待它。"——曼达洛雷安，《尸鬼》GriffBonnell(Sullivan)andhisbrothersarriveinasmall,Arizonatown.HeisaU.S.MarshallookingtoarrestHowardSwain(ChuckRoberson),coincidentallyoneoflandownerJessicaDrummond’s(Stanwyck)40guns.ThetownisbeingterrorizedandtrashedbyBrockieandhisboys.He’sanarrogantdrunkandbullybutwhenheshootsanoldbuddyofGriff’s,heandhisbrothersintervene. Griffstridespurposefullytowardstheaction,unconcernedatthemayhemgoingon.Brockie’sbuddiesrecognizethelawmanandfleebutthedrunkBrockiedoesn’tknoworcare.Fullercutsbackandforthbetweenaclose-upofGriff’seyesandBrockie’sgunrepeatedlyuntiltheclimaxwhenGrifffinallyreachesRockyandknockshimunconsciouswithapunch.GriffandJessicainevitablycrosspathsandtheirrelationshipstartsoffasantagonisticbuteventuallyblossomsintoaromance.