It's 1876 and Cheyenne, long a haven for thugs and thieves, has taken on an air of civility until Wild Bill Hickok comes to town and humiliates a local gunman's mentally-challenged brother to the point of suicide. Ira Drang promptly vows to hunt down Wild Bill and kill him. Broke, Ira takes work as a shotgun messenger on the notorious Cheyenne to Deadwood stage so he can make it across the Black Hills after Wild Bill. It's no surprise when the stage is held up just out of Cheyenne by Ira's longtime rival. Ira's daughter was murdered, and he knows her killer is on that stage. Now nothing will stop him from pursuing his brother's killer.