Sheriff John T Chance and his drunken deputy Dude make a courageous stand against a rancher and his hired guns, who are threatening to tear apart a peace-loving town if a murderer being held in the local jail is not released. Howard Hawks' Western, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan and Angie Dickinson, who won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Feathers