Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.

Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.

Hoby tracks the murderer of a married man who may have been ready to leave his wife for another woman.

Hoby is dispatched to Del Rio to investigate a bank robbery. He poses as a criminal to trick one of the bank robbers to lead him to the the rest of the gang and the money.

Nick Adams and Michael Landon as bad-guy brothers

Hoby is forced to arrest the wild son of a local judge for murder, the kid telling him all the while he'll never stand trial.

Hoby has to deal with a notorious outlaw/killer who is holding a runaway town boy for ransom.

Hoby has to deal with a jailbreak-- except the cowboy doesn't leave-- he takes three hostages and tries to work a trade-- them for the Ranger!

Twins (both played by Steve McQueen) change identities to confuse Hoby.