The story is set in India during the time of British rule. The main character is Harry Pope and the narrator of the story is Timber Woods. Timber goes over to his friend Harry Pope. Harry is in bed, motionless, sweating, and panicked. He explains that a venomous snake, the krait, has crawled onto his stomach, underneath the covers, and asks Timber to fetch a doctor. Timber calls Dr. Ganderbai, a local Indian doctor who rushes to help. Timber and Ganderbai frantically try to get the snake off of Harry through various methods (which include sedating the snake and giving Harry an antivenom). As the story progresses, it is revealed that there is in fact no snake on Harry.・・・
Jim Slater (Richard Widmark) meets Karyl Orton (Donna Reed) in Gila Valley, Arizona. She thinks that he is searching for a gold cache believed to be hidden somewhere in the valley. When a man with a rifle starts shooting at him, Jim wonders if she can be trusted. After Jim kills his foe, he discovers the dead man was a deputy sheriff from Silver City. He takes the body there.
When Sheriff J. C. Marson (Edward Platt) questions him, Jim reveals that he is after the person responsible for his father's death. Jim's father and four other men were besieged and killed by Apaches. Jim believes there was a sixth man who got away and could have gone for help, but instead decided he wanted the gold they found all to himself. ・・・・・・・
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Cast
Richard Widmark as Jim Slater リチャード・ウィドマーク Donna Reed as Karyl Orton ドナ・リード William Campbell as Johnny Cool ウィリアム・キャンベル John McIntire as Jim Bonniwell ジョン・マッキンタイア Barton MacLane as Sergeant Lake バートン・マクレーン Harry Morgan as Tony Welker ハリー・モーガン others
