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Avustralya'nın uçsuz bucaksız çöllerinde geçen bir intikam, kan davası hikayesi. kanun kaçağı burns kardeşlerin kasaba halkı ve polislerle olan mücadelesi ve bu mücadele sonunda bir polis şefinin hayatından kesitler anlatılmaktadır. Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.