- Ranch foreman Steve Braddock, who works at the Texas Ranch, oversees the herding of cattle from Texas to Dodge City, Kansas. Slim Grayson, the ranch owner's son, joins Steve on the trial to gain experience, which he desperately needs.
- Let's start with some house cleaning first. Columbia produced a series of Charles Starrett westerns that they called "Peter B. Kyne productions" but, other than allowing the use of his name, writer Peter B. Kyne was not the producer on any of the films in this series, and didn't even write the few he is credited with by some sources. Since the source for this error is one of those often-used and often-wrong sources that many researchers use, and said source is one of those that never bother correcting the multitude of errors in their catalogs, the chances of some uninformed source adding Peter B. Kyne back to this film as the Producer is highly likely. This Harold Shumate story finds Texas ranch-foreman Steve Braddock in charge of driving a large herd of cattle overland from Texas to Dodge City, Kansas. Slim Grayson, the eastern-educated son of the ranch owner, is along to sing songs around the campfire. The trail drive part only lasts until the herd reaches Plainview, where Steve, Slim and the cowhands rescue Marian Phillips after she has been kidnapped off a stage by a gang led by Dawson. She tells Steve her father is a local rancher named Phillips, who she has not seen since she was a young girl, but Steve knows no rancher by that name but from her description, he feels sure that Plainview gambling-hall owner Kenyon Jackson is her father. Of course he is and he, of course, is also the secret head of the Dawson gang, and Steve's tasks are to keep Marian from learning the truth about her father, cleaning up the gang and persuading the father to reform. By the way, Peter B. Kyne did not produce this film.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- Ranch foreman Steve Braddock, who works at the Texas Ranch, oversees the herding of cattle from Texas to Dodge City, Kansas. Slim Grayson, the ranch owner's son, joins Steve on the trial to gain experience, which he desperately needs, as he has been schooled in the East and is a tenderfoot. Though not a skilled rancher, Slim proves a talented singer as he leads the cowpunchers in ranch songs at the campfire. While the cowboys are camping outside the town of Plainview, a rider approaches and tells the cattle train that Dawson's bandits have held up a stage and kidnapped a young woman passenger, whom they are holding for ransom. The woman, Marian Phillips, is soon rescued by a posse formed by Slim and Steve, and she tells them that she was on her way to visit her father in Plainview. Marian also tells Steve that she has been studying in England and that her visit will be a surprise to her father, who owns a ranch in Plainview. After hearing Marian's description of her estranged father, Steve is convinced that her father, Kenyon Phillips, is a man who goes by the name of Jackson. Steve quickly falls in love with Marian, and when he arrives in Plainview, he tries to convince Phillips, who he believes is behind the bandit raids, to quit the gambling and bandit racket for his daughter's sake. Phillips consents to give up his life of crime in exchange for a promise from Steve that he not expose him as the secret leader of the bandits. After meeting his daughter, Phillips announces that he will be leaving the gambling business. However, when Dawson learns of Phillips' plans, he forces him to stay in the gang and informs him that he has sent a man to kill Steve. Dawson's henchman fails in his attempt to kill Steve, and when Steve and Slim capture him, they force him to confess that he was sent by Dawson. Steve then turns Dawson's man over to the sheriff, but another Dawson henchman, who witnessed the capture, apprises his boss of the situation. Dawson immediately gives his men orders to kill Steve, who is on his way to the Phillipses. When Steve learns that Marian's father was forced to stay in the gang, he decides to infiltrate the gang by pretending to be a new recruit. At first, Dawson appears not to realize Steve's scheme and allows Phillips to bring him to meet him, but it soon becomes evident that Dawson plans to steal Steve's cattle money and then kill him. Steve and Phillips, however, have notified the sheriff of their plan beforehand and are aided by the officer and his posse, who engage Dawson's men in a gunfight. In the ensuing battle, Dawson and Phillips are killed, and the latter's past criminality remains unexposed. Having put an end to the Dawson gang, Steve resumes his courtship of Marian.
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