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A fictional account of one of the most shameful moments in American history.  McCarthyism justice western style: a case of guilty by suspicion.  Outstanding model citizen Sheriff Dan Ballard (John Payne) becomes a marked criminal on the run when Ned McCarthy, US Marshall (Dan Duryea) rides into town with a warrant for his arrest for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000.  Will the Sheriff be able to collect enough evidence to tell his side of the story?  Will the townspeople listen to him?
                 
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