Texas,shortlyaftertheCivilWar.HenryMoonisanoutlaw,ontherunfromthelaw.HeiscapturedtryingtoescapetoMexicoandtakenbacktotowntobehanged.Thetownhasaspeciallawthatacondemnedmancanwalkfreeifoneofthesinglewomenofthetownoffertomarryhim.Henryisinluck-atthelastmomentJuliaTateofferstomarryhim,andprettysoontheyaremarried.However,HenrysoondiscoversthatJulia’smotivesarepurelybusiness-orientated-sheneedssomeonetoworkthemineonherproperty.Thismakesforaverycoldmarriage.
