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==Plot==
Gangster Eddie Bendix and his henchman, Johnny Ryan, arrive in the small mining town of Chuckawalla in northern [[Nevada]], where Eddie hopes to cash in on the local community's gambling trade, which is overseen by the powerful Fritzi Haller, owner of the Purple Sage [[casino]]. The two men stop at a bridge entering Chuckawalla where Eddie's wife, Angela, died in a car accident. Eddie was once involved with Fritzi, but left town under suspicion of causing his wife's fatal car accident. At the bridge, they are met by Fritzi's daughter Paula, who asks them to move their vehicle so she can cross the bridge. Paula has just dropped out of college and has returned home.
Paula finds her relationship with her mother contentious and competitive, and, having felt long pressured by her mother, insists she finally wants to make her own choices. Meanwhile, Paula reunites with her friend, deputy sheriff Tom Hanson, a former rodeo performer who has long been in love with her. Impressed by Tom's honesty and character, she offers to buy Tom a ranch if he proposes to Paula. An offended Tom blatantly exposes Fritzi's plot to Paula, enraging Fritzi and furthering the disconnect between her and her daughter.
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