The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble; trouble finds him.

Bill is sent into Mexico to investigate and put an end to a counterfeiting ring that's been operating there making phony American currency; the lawman he was to contact is ambushed and killed, leaving Bill to handle the situation alone.

Still leading the cattle drive, Bill takes his herd across a powerful rancher's land; he finds a woman who claims she is fleeing from a rancher's advances, but he learns that she isn't telling the whole truth.

A former lawman who lost his nerve after a shooting incident is being harassed by brothers of a man he once killed; the ex-lawman's daughter refuses to let him fight back.

Bill travels to Ciudad Juárez to accept a job from a cattleman, only to find out he's actually been hired to become a scapegoat in a counterfeiting scheme.