Hondo Lane is a cavalry rider who becomes the designated protector of the
strong-willed Angie Lowe as well as a father figure to her boy, Johnny.
Angie, determinedly awaiting the return of her brutish husband, refuses to
leave their homestead despite the growing danger from nearby warring
Native American tribes. And she finds herself growing more and more en-
thralled with this stranger, Hondo - a man hardened by experience but still
capable of sympathy, kindness and love.