"One of Elvis' most compelling works."
—Blake French, Filmcritic.com
The year is 1865, and the three Confederate Reno brothers don't know the war has ended. They manage to steal a Union Army payroll and head for home with the money. While Vance (Richard Egan) can think only of the love of his life, Cathy (Debra Paget), it turns out that the brothers have been reported dead, and Cathy has married their youngest brother Clint (Elvis Presley). Vance accepts this until he learns that Cathy still loves him. To complicate things, the U.S. Army knows of the brothers' theft and is hunting them down.