Jim McKay (G. Peck) umirovljeni je pomorski kapetan i bogati brodarski magnat koji zbog skore ženidbe s privlačnom Patricijom 'Pat' Terrill (C. Baker) napušta Baltimore i kreće na Divlji zapad. Njegova zaručnica Pat je temperamentna kći utjecajnog zemljoposjednika i stočara Henryja Terrilla (C. Bickford), umirovljenog bojnika i vlasnika golemog ranča Ladder. Nakon što među lokalnim kaubojima i mještanima izazove podsmijeh zbog svog gospodskog držanja i 'gradskog' šešira neprimjerenih životu na zapadu, Jim će otkriti da taj kraj potresa žestok sukob oko izvora vode kojom se napaja sva stoka u okolini. Izvor se nalazi na velikom imanju Big Muddy učiteljice i Patine najbolje prijateljice Julie Maragon (J. Simmons), a oko njega se prelamaju različiti interesi. Pored bojnika Terrilla, tu su njemu suprotstavljen i podjednako moćan rančer i stočar Rufus Hannassey (B. Ives), njegova četvorica sinova predvođena kukavicom Buckom (C. Connors), te predradnik Steve Leech (C. Heston).
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. To settle a personal debt, former CIA agent Jack Begosian takes on the freelance assignment to rescue Francisco and risks everything in a brutal battle to expose the cover-up.
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.
Murcia countryside, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. Pencho, a peasant, and Xavier, son of a powerful landowner, get into a bloody fight after arguing over the distribution of irrigation water. When Xavier is injured, Pencho is forced to flee from justice.