Two foolish drifters rustle cattle from other people's herds in the wilds of Montana. Jack is wealthy but left his parents because he despised their lifestyle, and Cecil is a Native American half-breed seeking his own route in life. Both swindle and rustle their way throughout the world by targeting John Brown's cattle. Enraged that someone is stealing his livestock, John employs Burt and Curt, two ranch employees. The grizzled former rustler Henry Beige is hired to find the cattle thieves, but Jack and Cecil are constantly one step ahead of them, unaware that their luck will finally run out.