Shoot Out stars screen legend Gregory Peck as gunfighter Clay Lomax, an outlaw who served a long stretch in prison after his partner turned on him during a bank robbery. Shortly after his release, he's saddled with the responsibility of looking after a young orphaned girl, presumably his daughter. With no one else to care for the feisty little girl, Clay is forced to take her with him on his ruthless mission as he sets out to find the man who betrayed him.