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Deranged killer Bert Talman (Leo Gordon) escapes from prison and murders four people in the town of Yucca Bend. Curious as to why Talman has remained in the vicinity instead of making a break for full freedom, Paladin (Richard Boone) learns that the most recent murder victims were four of the five men who had once tried to lynch the fugitive. It now falls to Paladin to protect the "fifth man" from meeting a similar grisly fate--whether he likes the man or not.