En 1896, Jeff, un solitario aventurero de oscuro pasado, se dedica al lucrativo negocio de surtir de carne de vacuno los asentamientos de buscadores de oro del Yukon, en Alaska.
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.