DuringtheMexicanRevolution,PanchoVillaiswoundedandlefthislargetreasureingoldbackinthecityofColón.HeisforcedtoestablishanalliancewithGeneralUrbina,leader,andheaskssevenofhisfaithfulguerrillastotakebackthegoldthathehashiddeninafarm,neartheNewMexicoborder,andwhichwillallowhimtopayforanewarmyandguns.Meanwhile,theCarrancistatroopersandtheAmericanarmyaresearchingforPanchoVilla'sarmyindisarray,tofinishthemandtheirleader.Thesevenmen,theGeneral,andalonesomehiredAmerican(Gringo),startupnorth;ontheirway,theycrossanoldguerrillaandhisyoungcompanion,Maria,asexybrunettewhodecidetojointhem-andsoonMariabecomestheGeneral'slover.TheGringoissentalonetothefarmhousetoseeifitisclear,buthefindsthereVeraStevens,awidowwhosehusbandwasmurderedbyVilla'smen.