Injured after being shot during a police chase, Kimble seeks refuge at an orphanage near a Navajo Indian reservation in Puma County, Arizona. Annie Johnson, the head teacher (and herself an orphan), removes the bullet and offers Kimble work as a teacher. Meanwhile, while the local sheriff Prycer believes that Kimble has escaped, a determined and overzealous deputy, named Steel, believes Kimble is still in the area and suspects Annie of sheltering the fugitive.