A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the murder of the local banker, and winds up hiding in the basement of a house where the local sheriff, who is very sick, lives with his daughter.
Alternative titles: Un hombre solo | El rehén | Ein Mann allein | De Opgejaagde | De eenzame ruiter | Un homme traqué | Um Homem Só | Um Homem Solitário | En mand alene | Panttivanki | L’homme traqué | Drapetis dihos asylo | Δραπέτης δίχως άσυλο | Gli ostaggi | 白昼の対決 | Samotny człowiek | O Homem Solitário | Un om singur | Мужчина один | Gisslan | Yalnız Adam | The Gunman | The Hostage