There's nothing funny about the cold-blooded crimes of the bank robber and murderer known as Laughing Lyle May. After he robbed the Stoneville bank, he trapped the tellers and patrons inside, and set the place ablaze.. Now Deputy Marshal Custis Long is on the heinous hyena's trail, tracking him to a little town called Nowhere. There he discovers Lyle, wounded and unconscious on a doctor's table, but the stolen loot is nowhere to be found. No one seems to have seen the cash, though a preacher's amorous daughter offers to let the lawman search her. Longarm is sure someone is up to some funny business, and he's determined to make sure they don't have the last laugh.