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A veteran lawman must escort a brutal and bloodthirsty bandit Big Bill back to the prison from which he escaped On the way the commissioner is wounded and only finds the assistance of Nick Sanders a young homeless man with great skill with weapons The lawman and Sanders establish a friendly relationship and Sanders agrees to escort the bandit However the two protagonists are pursued by hostile forces the prisoners gang and law enforcement officers who are after Sanders on a murder charge The meeting point is in a town where the local sheriff tries to fulfill his duty by hosting the prisoner while facing the pressures and fears of the townspeople