Ride the High Country: Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesnt know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steves help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young womans desire to escape first from her father, then from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers.