Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Keywords:
Baby
Marshal
Adoption
Promise
Outlaw
Survival
Fugitive
Train
Prison sentence
Bank robbery
Birth
Desert
Hymn
Dying
Posse
Waterhole
Arizona territory
Newborn baby
Desert survival
Movie tag line: "John Ford's Legend of the Southwest!"
Character: Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Character: Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Character: William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')
Character: Perley 'Buck' Sweet
Character: Mrs. Perley Sweet