Jess Tyler is hermit who has lived in the desert for years, protecting an abandoned silver mine. One day, he is surprised by the return of his grown daughter Kady, who was taken away as a baby when his wife left him. Kady has been rejected by the rich young man who fathered her illegitimate child, a

Jess Tyler is hermit who has lived in the desert for years, protecting an abandoned silver mine. One day, he is surprised by the return of his grown daughter Kady, who was taken away as a baby when his wife left him. Kady has been rejected by the rich young man who fathered her illegitimate child, and his family happens to own the silver mine that Jess has been guarding. Kady plans to seduce Jess and get him to reopen the mine so that she can get the money she feels she the family owes her. Jess, who is dying from tuberculosis, has his life further complicated by the return of several people: The man who stole his wife, his older daughter Janey with Kady's son, and the father of Kady's son who has decided to marry her.