In der Glut des Südens

After accidentally killing a man, hot-blooded farm labourer Bill flees to Texas with his girlfriend Abby and his younger sister. To avoid unpleasant questions from strangers about their past, Bill and Abby pretend to be brother and sister. They find work with a wealthy wheat farmer who falls in love with Abby at the end of the harvest. When he asks Abby to marry him, Bill insists that she agrees ... but only because he knows the farmer is seriously ill and only has a year to live. The plan to accept the inheritance falls through when the farmer's health improves.