Don Chaffey directs this brutal 1970s western starring Richard Roundtree as a black soldier who kills an officer and deserts the army. On the run, he crosses the desert where he meets a crippled, lone Native American (Roy Thinnes). The pair do their utmost to survive in the tough conditions they find themselves in while avoiding capture.
Before long, however, they come up against a band of Mexican crooks and a bounty hunter (Nigel Davenport) who has coming looking for the wanted soldier.