Inspired by the life of a notorious West Georgia moonshiner, Sam Alta Dryden. Ready to end his criminal lifestyle after many years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Alta heads home with the best of intentions. His new success becomes legendary: he regains the trust of his dying wife Shelby, sells off his moonshine empire, launches a major home building company, and is elected mayor of Tallapoosa. Yet he is haunted by the advice of Doc Dorothy,...

A Navy officer falls in love in "Seven sinners"; A moonshiner must struggle with his family's past in "The shepherd of the hills"; In a rags-to-riches tale of frindship, love and power are brought together in "Pittsburgh"; In one of his most unusual roles ever, John Wayne portrays Genghis Khan in "The conqueror"; An American Air Force colonel is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna in "Jet pilot."

When potent moonshine is smuggled onto the Cherokee reservation, resulting in the death of a marshal, Jack Slade, a reformed drinker and gambler, must find the killers and put an end to the bootleggers' operation once and for all.