Compelling Western adventure
Four men's destinies are chained to the huge water wheels irrigating the
great rancho of Don Alfredo Correon de Leon y Delgado, deep in
Chihuahua. John Hardisty, a cheated prospector, Geoffrey Carruthers, a
rather proper English rancher, the crazed Irishman, O'Meara, and Juanito
Tomás, son of a powerful Comanche chief, work as slaves turning the
wheels, each an innocent captured by Don Alfredo's private army.
Hardisty and O'Meara are loners who are not missed but Juanito's father
vows revenge and release for his son while Carruthers' sweet and brave
sister, Ann, sets out on a perilous journey searching for him after his
disappearance.
The fierce Comanches raid the hacienda to free Juanito just after Ann
has arrived there to inquire about Geoffrey. The prisoners escape, and
in a bargain with Chief Tomás, Hardisty rescues Ann from Don Alfredo's
clutches. Hardisty must claim her as his "woman" to protect her from the
Indians, something the highborn Ann scorns. After her injured brother
dies, she must trust Hardisty as they escape across the desert with the
bloodthirsty Mexicans behind them and the fearsome Indians in front of
them...or perish.