Harry Logan is a producer of modest Hollywood films. When, against all likelihood of box office success, he decides to make a Western, he strikes a deal with old-time producer Louie Pannetti to rent part of Louie's ranch and its ghost town in the Mojave desert for the location shooting.
There turns out to be a lot more shooting than just on film. People get killed, and the question is why, and Harry finds himself, his friends, and his movie in the middle of mobsters and spies.