Trail of the hanged man

the long version

Wrangler Ben Lawless knows he was hanged -- he has the rope burns around his neck to prove it. But he can't remember who hanged him or why. Nor can he remember how he escaped. Haunted by his missing past, Ben heads for Arizona to start a new life. On the way he provokes Joey Morgan's wrathful vengeance when he prevents him from hanging Sheriff Tishman. Then he helps his neighbour, Ingrid Bjorkman, to fight Stillman Stadtlander, a ruthless cattle baron who wants her land. Lawless will do anything for the beautiful Ingrid. But this deadly conflict will begin a series of perilous events that will lead him to the man who hanged him ...