 Crusty old General Eakins summons all his living relatives to his ranch to assess who will inherit his fortune. Bart Maverick fills in for obnoxious ne er-do-well nephew Homer Eakins (Hans Conreid) a painter, while Eakins pretends to be Maverick. The General takes a liking to the "new" Homer Eakins, who the General hasn t seen since Homer was a boy. Then the relatives start being killed, one by one...