IntheSeventeenthCentury,inEngland,the*andpureCarolineinviteshercousinandbestfriendBarbaraWorthtocomefromLondonandstaywithheracoupleofday*eforeherweddingwithherbelovedbridegroom,thewealthymagistrateSirRalphSkelton.Theselfish,evilandwickedBarbarausesherbeautyandseducestheweakRalph,whofallsinloveforher.CarolinecallsofftheweddingandBarbaramarriesRalph.WhenBarbaralosesajewelinheritedfromhermothergamblingwithLadyHenriettaKingsolver,shepretendstobethefamoushighwaythiefCaptainJerryJackson,recoversherjewelsandbeginsacareerofcrime,lookingforexcitementstealingtr*elersinstagecoaches.WhenshemeetstherealJerryJacksonontheroad,shebecomesherpassionateloverandalsoakiller.MeanwhileRalphrealizesthathelovesCaroline,butitseemstobetoolatefortheirlifetogether...