In 1880, in a town in the Southwestern United States, young Charlie Cannon and his gold prospector father see a meteorite crash in the desert.

After his mother strikes gold, she purchases a house in town in the hopes that living in a real home will soothe her son's inner beast.

The cast includes:[1][3] Jacques R. Marquette made the feature because his company needed a cheap film to run as a double bill with The Brain from Planet Arous (1957).

[citation needed] Jacques Marquette also helped develop the film's plot and handled some of the cinematography.

[citation needed] Variety wrote: "This is a silly nonsense, an unworthy companion to the film with which it is being packaged (The Brain From Planet Arous).