A musical version of the classic story

A mute spinster who becomes a mail-order bride to a widower goes to his farm and wins over the widower and his younger son, but not his older son, who feels that his father is not being true to the memory of the boy's mother.

John Woodruffe is tormented by memories of the horrors he suffered in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He recalls his vow to avenge the death of a chaplain executed by Sakamura, the brutal camp adjutant. Years later, Woodruffe finds himself face to face with the object of his bitter hate, Sakamura.

Bat Bethune, former marshal of a New Mexico town, has become a legendary figure as a result of his boldness during the wild early days of the town's history. But, in his old age, he is given to shooting at imaginary badmen, endangering the inhabitants. Finally, the mayor decides Bethune must leave town.