Duncan Renaldo

Lin Vanner (Ayres) captures and turns in a fellow oil company employee whom he believes was behind a payroll robbery. The accused man dies in police custody, and Lin feels overwhelmingly responsible for the man's death, wondering if he was actually innocent of the crime. His guilt causes Lin to lose his job and his fiancee, and to soothe his conscience, Lin seeks out the dead man's widow, Evelyn (Wright). The two fall in love and marry without Evelyn ever knowing about Lin's past and feelings of guilt. When Lin discovers who really commited the robbery, he goes after the man, who dies accidentally in the ensuing chase. Lin is now accused of murdering the man, and must become a fugitive on the run. This is the lost masterpiece of director John Sturges.

Lin Vanner (Ayres) captures and turns in a fellow oil company employee whom he believes was behind a payroll robbery. The accused man dies in police custody, and Lin feels overwhelmingly responsible for the man's death, wondering if he was actually innocent of the crime. His guilt causes Lin to lose his job and his fiancee, and to soothe his conscience, Lin seeks out the dead man's widow, Evelyn (Wright). The two fall in love and marry without Evelyn ever knowing about Lin's past and feelings of guilt. When Lin discovers who really commited the robbery, he goes after the man, who dies accidentally in the ensuing chase. Lin is now accused of murdering the man, and must become a fugitive on the run. This is the lost masterpiece of director John Sturges.

Badly injured and hunted by the police, Lin Vanner takes refuge in a priest's home, and tells him what has happened. When Vanner was working in a Mexican oil field, he captured a man who was suspected of a payroll robbery, but then felt responsible when the man died in police custody. As a result of the incident, Vanner's fiancee broke off their engagement, and he resigned from his job. He later felt compelled to visit the dead man's widow, and ended up working on her ranch. But, as he now explains to the priest, the past has quickly caught up with him.

Chasing Mexican bandits, the Captain sees Cisco and Pancho ride away. Assuming they are the bandits, he captures them and then lets them go. He has them followed figuring they will lead him to the entire gang. After learning that the editor and the blacksmith are the leaders, Cisco makes the blacksmith think his partner double-crossed him.