The adventures of Freddy Pharkas, a pharmacist living in Coarsegold in the 1800s, where he moved to cover up his past as a former gunslinger who quit when he got his ear shot off by a rival. When a string of strange happenings and a pack of wild outlaws come to town and threaten to run everybody out; Freddy must take out his guns once again and defend the town and the woman he holds dear.