Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to start a gang of their own. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.

• Duo Productions
• The Mirisch Company
• Lee Marvin
• Gary Grimes
• Ron Howard
• Charles Martin Smith
• Arthur Hunnicutt
• Noah Beery Jr.
• Marc Smith
• Don Fellows