That evening at Elby's shack, the prospector prepares supper for Carson, who confesses to his rescuer that although revenge is what sustained him while lost in the desert, the treachery of his wife and lover no longer seem important. Joe angrily walks away, leaving Gerry to fend for herself alone in the Mojave.
Joe suddenly realizes her real intention when she moved the car, was to abandon him as well. The damage now makes it impossible for them to drive out of the desert.
Returning to his own car, Joe finds that Gerry has driven it over a large rock by accident, which has ruptured the vehicle's oil pan. Joe discovers Carson still limping through the desert and is about to shoot him, when an old prospector called Elby, driving a jalopy, encounters Carson and gives him a ride back to his shack. Suspecting now that Carson is still alive, Joe and Gerry drive back into the desert to look for him and finish him off if necessary. Joe is getting nervous though and to make sure Carson is dead he flies a small plane over the region and spots the remnants of a fire. Law enforcement officers had hoped to find the missing Carson but after several unsuccessful attempts, it is decided to call off further search efforts. He successfully digs a well and shoots a deer, making strips of dried meat that will last for days. Instead he fashions a splint for his leg, enabling him to limp down the rocks where he was left and head through the desert.
He vows to survive in order to exact revenge on his adulterous wife and her accomplice, who have flown to Carson's mansion in Los Angeles, while waiting for him to succumb to either desert heat or suicide. They deliberately don't return however, hoping Carson will perish while he is stranded alone in the desert. When millionaire industrialist Donald Carson III breaks his leg during a trip through the Mojave Desert, his wife Gerry and mining engineer Joe Duncan tell him they will seek medical aid.
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