A traveling gravedigger during a war adopts a orphan he finds alone in the desert. After the war with the orphan grown and business slow, the orphan begins to generate business himself by shooting people.

Can Dare Rudd (John Wayne) prove he is responsible enough to win the heart of Judy and also outwit the crooked saloon owner?

Federal agent John Tipton heads for Wyoming to supervise the vote on whether to join the Union. One group of locals is using dynamite to terrorize the populace and a local newspaper editor is killed.

Based on an old radio series with a live audience. It is the story of few of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.

Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the boy under their wing and find that tragedy has taught him how to take care of himself better than anyone could expect.

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.

A publisher insinuates himself into the moldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letters.

A group of concerned adults try to ban rock and roll music in their town because they think that the music promotes juvenile delinquency. It's now up to a disc jockey and a hipster to defend the music in a televised trial. The movie also features several rock and roll performances, most notably from Fats Domino.