Gutsy gun-slinging Shalako (Connery) is a loner who looks out for number one until he finds himself rescuing - and falling for - a beautiful countess (Bardot) under attack by Apache Indians. But when Shalako discovers that the countess is part of a European hunting party that refuses to be led to safety he must summon all his courage to fight the Apache and save the woman he loves... or die trying!