A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin’ Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna’s establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man’s death, Emma Small, Vienna’s rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna’s saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

The evil Count Down kidnaps the queen and Snagglepuss, true to his king, sets out to save her majesty. Things look bad when the Count prepares to duel Snagglepuss, but the queen herself steps in and saves him. As his reward for his devotion to his monarch, the queen decides, instead of a bear rug, she will make him her own personal mountain lion rug.