Patricia Knight

After the Civil War, Wes Barker (John Carroll) and his friend Jim McWade (Bill Elliott) return home to Texas to seek a peaceful life. But their plans are torn asunder when the state police, led by corrupt carpetbaggers, kill Barker's father and he goes gunning for revenge. Barker and his rowdy cousins soon form a lawless gang and begin to enjoy outlaw life -- until McWade is forced to become a U.S. Marshal and hunt down his former pal.