Big Charlie Chilton knows better, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his secrets he teaches him a lesson. It turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, who drafts Charlie instead. The ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make the treacherous trek north worse. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone.