Law of the desert: Shad Marone is a lone gunman on the run from the law. He shot a man in a fair fight, but the sheriff is his bitter enemy and Shad knows he'll never get a fair trial. He is being tracked by a man named Lopez, and after three days in the desert it looks like they'll both die of thirst--unless, of course, some miracle happens. Desert death song: Accused by an enemy of robbing the stage and shooting the sheriff, Nat Bodine was a hunted man, with his only escape route being the desert.