Summer's LeaseSummer's Lease

Lawrence Orme, who has left his work as a professor, comes to the countryside of Wyoming, only to find the body of a young man. He attends a meeting in town in which one of his neighbors is running for public office. Before long, this neighbor is found dead. Lawrence finds out that the unoffending neighbor was looking into the death of the young man, as part of his sense of obligation as a canidate for public office. An ally of Lawrence's, the hired man of the deceased candidate, is standing by. A shootout occurs in which the antagonist get hold of Lawrence's .38, but the hired man stops his effort. In a resolution scene, clarification comes out about the deaths.