What becomes known as the Stone Creek Valley war starts with one word: Guilty. Eager to get their hands on his father's ranch, the Committee - the four biggest ranchers in the area - send Chad Hunter to jail on a trumped-up charge of cattle rustling. Upon his release a year later, he's got his work cut out for him, with the Committee's hired thugs terrorizing the area. When his brother is lynched and his father shot down, Hunter loads his guns and prepares to deal out his own brand of justice...