Financial institution robber Graham Dorsey spends a couple of hrs with gorgeous widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a devastating setback. Discovering of his comrades' death, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was eliminated by the legislation, Amanda chooses to take advantage of having had a liaison with the allegedly deceased desperado by writing a book concerning him. Much to his complication, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.