In New Mexico, Laramie Nelson, from Wyoming, escapes his own illegal hanging by sheriff Boswell Abernathy. He then saves Tracks Williams, a friendly veteran criminal, from being hanged without a trial, after Tracks promises to reform. Soon after, Laramie meets Harriett Lindsay, who has come to town with her estate manager, lawyer Monroe Adams, to stop her sister Lenta from eloping with “Lonesome” Alonzo Mulhall. Harriett arrives as Abernathy, who also serves as justice of the peace, is about to marry Alonzo and Lenta, unaware that she is a under-age. Harriett stops the wedding, and Alonzo is incarcerated for eloping with a minor and is placed in Tracks’s cell. Laramie helps Alonzo and Tracks to escape, and all three head to the Spanish Peaks ranch, which Harriett runs. Adams had ordered faithful ranch foreman Andy Winthrop to steal the Lindsay horses while he was away saving Lenta. After finding the horses safe on the ranch, Adams beats Andy and leaves him to die. He then tells Harriett that Andy is guilty of duplicity and theft. Harriett hires Laramie and Tracks as ranch hands, and Tracks recognizes Adams from a horse theft in Colorado. Adams orders Laramie and Tracks to camp at Box Canyon, and orders Luke Arledge to kill them. Laramie and Tracks are suspicious, however, and put logs in their place beneath their bedding. They escape and Luke’s gunfire hits only the logs. Meanwhile, the lovesick Alonzo hides out at the ranch and swoons as Lenta sings to him. Harriett, who has lost all interest in men, will not be bossed, while Lenta dreams of Alonzo being transformed from a thinker to a doer. After Laramie and Tracks return to the ranch, Adams orders Laramie to saddle a wild horse called “Honey Boy” that has killed three men. As Laramie successfully saddles the horse, Tracks boasts to Harriett that Laramie can tame horses, cattle and women. When she overhears Laramie talk to Honey Boy about her troubles, Harriett fires him, but he kisses her. Laramie, Tracks and Alonzo then find Andy nearly dead, and he tells them that Adams is planning to steal the herd. While Laramie fights one of Adams’ henchmen, Tracks gets his horse to knock out the other three. They then race to the ranch. Minutes before Adams is going to steal the horses, Laramie convinces Harriett of Adams’ villainy, and Laramie and Tracks release the horses to prevent Adams from stealing them. Alonzo proves to Lenta that he is a man of action by pulling a gun on Adams, who shoots him. Adams hits only Alonzo’s pouch of chewing tobacco, however, and Lenta runs to him. Adams’ men open fire on Harriett’s men as they escape with the horses. During the chase, one of Adams’ men who had demanded half of Adams’ profits, pulls Laramie from his horse, and then is trampled. Harriett nearly falls off her horse, but Laramie, remounted, saves her. Adams and his rustlers are apprehended, and the horses are saved. Later Abernathy marries both Lenta and Alonzo, and Harriett and Laramie. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
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