Norman Logan and William Tritt both live in the same boarding house. Tritt is a teller at a local bank and Logan is convinced the Tritt cheated him out of $200 on a deposit he made a year ago. Since that time he has been harassing Tritt in an attempt to get him to admit his error, but to no avail. Logan then hatches a plot to discredit Tritt in the eyes of his superiors at the ...
Twice a month, Mrs. Bixby travels to Baltimore to visit an elderly aunt, her only living relative. Or so she tells her dentist husband. In fact, she visits the Colonel, her rich lover. Before returning home, he gives her a gift of a fur coat - along with a letter saying that they won't be seeing other any more. Mrs. Bixby decides to pawn the coat but her elaborate scheme to exp...
Confederate POWs escape a Union camp and make for the Mexico border chased by Union troops with both parties oblivious to the fact that peace was declared.
In the not too distant future (1980, to be exact) life expectancy has increased dramatically and JJ Bunce provides an essential service. He approaches John Treadwell and informs him that his elderly relative, now in her 80's and who lives with him full-time, will live at least another 32 years. Bunce's offer is quite simple: he will dispose of her for a fee. Initially Treadwell...
丹埃文斯（克里斯汀·贝尔 饰）在南北战争断了一条腿，得到**小小的补偿，他和妻子艾丽丝还有两个儿子在亚利桑那的农场居住。然而，恶劣的气候和腐败之风却让丹负债累累，一些人想在建造铁路上获得暴利，他们想尽办法赶走埃文斯一家，家人开始质疑丹的能力。
就在此时，西部声名狼藉罪犯 宾维德（罗素·克劳 饰）被捕获。他曾带领着副手查理普林斯（本·福斯特 饰）和一帮手下驰骋荒野，劫得大量财物并犯下无数命案。被逮捕的宾维德将由押送队带到康坦森镇，搭上火车他会被送到亚利桑那州的犹马镇，在那里接受联邦法庭的公开审判。
为了拯救农场和家人，丹自愿参加了押送队，但即使被束缚，宾·维德仍然是危险的。在旅程中，押送队不断折损。当火车到来之时，一切会发生什么改变？
