A big game of was starting in San Francisco, but the Gambler's number one priority was taking care of his son. Brady Hawkes (Kenny Rogers), his son Jeremiah (Charles Fields) and Billy Montana (Bruce Boxleitner) are on a train bound for a high-stakes game in San Francisco when a gang of vicious outlaws stops the train. Charles McCourt (Mitch Ryan) and his murderous gang are after gold being transported by railroad baron Arthur Stobridge (Harold Gould). When Stobridge informs McCourt that the gold is on its way by stagecoach to the town bank in Jubilee, McCourt takes young Jeremiah as a hostage and demands a $1 million ransom. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue Jeremiah before McCourt's gang reaches Jubilee, and they enlist the help of the beautiful bounty hunter Kate Muldoon (Linda Evans).