Fighting Man of the Plains is a 1949 American Western film produced by Nat Holt and directed by Edwin L. Marin.

After the Civil War ends, Dancer becomes a wanted outlaw and is eventually captured by detective George Cummings (Millican).

While they are crossing a river by ferry near Lanyard, Kansas, the boat is hit by a storm surge which panics the horses.

They are found by Lanyard citizens next day, including gambler Dave Oldham (Jory) and saloonkeeper Florence Peel (Nigh).

He is in Lanyard when the line is completed and discovers that his enemy Bert Slocum is the town boss who owns most of the property there.

Slocum is suspicious of the Marshal and summons Cliff Bailey (Berry Kroeger), a Chicago detective who knew Cummings, to identify him.

Meanwhile, Charles Lanyard has had a similar idea and has taken steps to deal with Slocum by hiring the James–Younger Gang to rob the bank.