In "Outlaw's Hide-Out," drifter Hap Thompson has lived in a secluded valley since robbing a bank made him a wanted man. But his tranquil life is interrupted when he discovers a strange horse and tracks it back to an injured young woman. He takes her back to his cabin even though he knows that her presence there means he will soon have to flee his valley. Wesley Potter is the "Sheriff of Hangtown," and friend to Dick Ruffin, an old-timer who has long raised horses on his small ranch. When Ruffin is shot at close range without apparent motive, Potter has no clues or suspects. Suspicions are raised when a stranger comes to town later that day and tries to sell Ruffin's guns at the general store.