Having a big reputation with a gun has its perks, but it also makes Clint Adams the prime suspect when Big Ed Kennedyowner of the Bar K Ranchturns up shot in Cannon City, Wyoming. When Big Ed's men ride into town looking for blood, Clint just happens to be in the saloon playing poker with a lawyer, the judge, and the mayor.
Now the poker game has turned into a town council meeting, with twenty angry ranch hands waiting outside for a verdict. As the town sheriff keeps the ranchers from storming the place, it's up to Clint to figure out who killed Big Ed. But with no one to back him up and no way to escape, it just might be the Gunsmith's last hand...