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The movie starts off with deserter gaucho soldiers bringing women and treasures to a rebel named Padron who lives with a Native American Indian tribe. A loyal pair of soldiers confront Padron but he convinces them to desert also by offering them the women of their choice.
Later, Captain Martin (Robert Taylor) and some of his troops track down Padron and his brother out on the plains. They return to the fort with rebel Padron after killing the brother. Martin ties the prisoner spread-eagle on the ground with wet leather straps that will tighten and kill him as the sun dries them out. Inside the fort, the Captain unhappily learns that he has to transport a group of "professional" women to the fort to keep the men happy and to prevent them deserting.
Outside, Padron talks with one of the soldiers who asks him about his hoard of women. The soldier decides to desert and helps Padron escape.
At the train station in town, the troops load up the women into two stagecoaches. One of the women is a political prisoner; the sister of an escaped revolutionary. She is forced into prostitution by the government because she will not tell them where her brother is. Also at the train station, the soldiers acquire an anarchist, revolutionary, journalist prisoner named Carreras (Ty Hardin) that is to be taken along to the fort.
During the long journey back, the soldiers become more than attached to the women. They tell the captain that they refuse to take the women back to the fort. They have all paired up and don't want to share their women with anyone else. While the troops stay in the village, Padron & his Native American Indians attack. The movie climaxes in a battle to the death.
Alternate Titles: Pampa Salvaje
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