The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Director |
| Writing | Lawrence Hazard | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gene Fowler | Writer |
| Production | Robert Sisk | Producer |
| Camera | Charles Salerno Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Lundin | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Camera | Dave Ragin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Charles E. Wallace | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | MacKinlay Kantor | Novel |
| Sound | David Snell | Music |
| Editing | Chester W. Schaeffer | Editor |
| Art | Leonid Vasian | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Art | Glen Barner | Assistant Art Director |
