A football legend trades touchdowns for trigger fingers in 55 minutes of pure pre-Code chaos.
A cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough western town where he finds trouble everywhere.
Stunts
Reb Russell doing his own horse stunts because Hollywood safety didn't exist yet.
Acting
Gabby Hayes as a banker somehow makes financial corruption adorable.
Director
Lewis D. Collins
Fred Kohler
Mayor Anse McCloud
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Banker Colonel Campbell
Jack Rockwell
Marshal Lon Kelly
Charles K. French
Blacksmith Sandy
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sheriff Jake Klein
Slim Whitaker
Mine Owner Tom
Tommy Bupp
Timmy McCarrol
Yakima Canutt
Yak (Henchman)
Gene Alsace
Joe
Chuck Baldra
Henchman / Singer
Hank Bell
Henchman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reb Russell was a genuine 1930 All-American fullback for Northwestern before injuries ended his NFL career—Hollywood's original athletic-to-acting pipeline case study.
This was one of dozens of 'Poverty Row' Westerns shot in a week for rural theater circuits, explaining why the 'prison backstory' lasts approximately 90 seconds before everyone forgets.
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