When Amos hood rides into Gold Town, it's clear the place is badly in need to two things: the law of God and the law of man. With miners and cowboys feuding and killing each other in the streets, someone has to bring order. Now a man of peace, Hood sets about building a church and gathering a flock. But the townsfolk, desperate to control the mayhein, hire a shootist with a trail of corpses behind him to wear a badge.