Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) is the hard-riding hero of the US cavalry. He and his men patrol the badlands of the Mexican Border. One of his men happens to be his own son (Claude Jarman, Jr.), and when the Colonel's estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara) suddenly arrives at the fort, Yorke finds himself having to deal with another formidable adversary!Yet the threat of Indian attack is never far away, and soon father and son must face the danger of the Rio Grande...
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) is the hard-riding hero of the US cavalry. He and his men patrol the badlands of the Mexican Border. One of his men happens to be his own son (Claude Jarman Jr.) and when the Colonel's estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara) suddenly arrives at the fort Yorke finds himself having to deal with another formidable adversary!Yet the threat of Indian attack is never far away and soon father and son must face the danger of the Rio Grande...