خلاصه داستان : وقتی خبر می رسد که گروهی از سرخ پوستان آپاچی به رهبری «اولزانا(مارتینس) با ترک منطقه شان قصد حمله به روستاها و شهرهای کوچک را دارند، ستوان جوان و آرمان گرا، «گارنت» (دیویسن) مأمور می شود تا هم راه دو راهنما به نام های «مکینتاش» (لنکستر) و «کی – نی – تای» (لوک) و سربازانش...

Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.