In the 1870s, two rival businessmen are on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas.  They must team together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw trying to rob the stagecoach.  Later, in Galveston, the two rivals fight in a bid to open a waterfront casino. Each finds a new romantic partner, and eventually must join forces to hold off a corrupt banker to keep their new gambling boat afloat.