A vigilante of the west, known as "One Shot" Ross, travels east on a stage which is held up and robbed of its gold chests. Without his guns he is knocked unconscious in a hand-to-hand conflict, and is cared for by Mary, daughter of a ranch owner, whose place is near the outlaw country.
A DISTURBANCE IN THE HIGH DESERT is a dramatic short-film that transports us to 1920s Eastern Oregon in the
shadow of Mt. Hood. As economic hardship spreads, hateful forces and laws threaten the safety of those deemed
"inferior" or "defective". Mare and Gemma are lovers who find each other while living a fragile existence in this rugged,
unforgiving west. We meet them after Gemma endures a nighttime assault by an unexpected perpetrator on the
outskirts of their ranch, a tenuous safe haven. The certainty of right and wrong blurs. Familial ties are tested.
Young Jack Barham's life had been soft and easy and one of luxury - divided between riding horses and lolling on the veranda drinking milt juleps in the shade. Suddenly, old Colonel Barham passed away and Jack found he was no longer rich.
Following the robbery of the Inspiration Gold Mine, Circus Lacey drifts into the border town of Esmeralda, where he saves Ethel Slocum from the unwanted advances of Red Lucas, a notorious gunman. When Ethel later also refuses to submit to the sheriff's demands, the sheriff frames her father for the mine robbery.
Janko Labud, a young and cunning bank manager, comes to work in a small provincial bank, replacing his predecessor who commited suicide under mysterious circumstances. However, immediately after his arrival, he'll get roped into a series of complicated conspiracies orchestrated by the county prefect Anica Kralj.