A tongue-tied rancher hires Paladin to help him talk to a new neighbor, Maria de Castro, who he has fallen in love with and wants to marry. However, the new neighbor's ramrod wants to stage a war between the two ranches so Maria will sell her property to him.

Mild-mannered barber Ernie Teller, wires Paladin everything he has to come to Florence and help him against two men who have settled on the same woman that Ernie has.