Texas Ranger Tom Tyler and buddy Robert Walker -- no, not that one -- capture three of Al Bridge's gang. Tyler jawbones Rex Lease into turning honest and helping him track down Bridge and get the goods on him, but Lease is shaky in his loyalties.
It's a good story with some nice twists, but the execution is erratic, as the editing and pacing of westerns begins to pick up. Tyler, Lease, Bridge, and Margaret Nearing (as Lease's tap-dancing sister and Tyler's love interest) keep up the pace of their line readings, but everyone else is slow and dull, and editor Fred Bain sometimes gets the idea that you don't have to show people walking up to a door to get them through it. This results in the battle that should be a highlight taking about 45 seconds, although there's a decently done rescue and two musical numbers to fill things out.
It's a good story with some nice twists, but the execution is erratic, as the editing and pacing of westerns begins to pick up. Tyler, Lease, Bridge, and Margaret Nearing (as Lease's tap-dancing sister and Tyler's love interest) keep up the pace of their line readings, but everyone else is slow and dull, and editor Fred Bain sometimes gets the idea that you don't have to show people walking up to a door to get them through it. This results in the battle that should be a highlight taking about 45 seconds, although there's a decently done rescue and two musical numbers to fill things out.