Robert ryan, raymond burr and rock hudson star as brothers on opposite sides of the law in post civil war texas'. '.strtoupper('n')eil hammond rock hudson returns from the war to his life of ranching, while older brother dan robert ryan returns with ambitions as big as the lone star state'. '.strtoupper('w')hen dan loses his business seed money to a gambler raymond burr, he turns to rustling'. '.strtoupper('h')owever dan's empire, built on ill gotten gains, begins to crumble when neil is named the new marshall.