... who has escaped from prison. He hides out in a hick town, where schoolteacher Marguerite Churchill hides him in her cabin because she has no brains.
William Gargan plays a local reporter and Churchill's sweetheart, who wants to snare Cortez so he can get a job at a better newspaper. Chic Sale, a younger man who always dressed up and played older men, plays an old coot who manages to irritate anyone with a heartbeat. When Cortez plans to rob the local bank, Gargan and Churchill come up with the brilliant idea of spreading a rumor that the bank is insolvent; thus, everyone in town withdraws their dough, and the bank is empty ahead of Cortez and his gang.
Sale, whose head is as empty as the bank, fires his rifle at Cortez' car and blows out a tire. Cortez uncharacteristically surrenders. (For a change, at least he wasn't killed by Kay Francis.) Gargan and Churchill decide to stay in the hick town. Olin "Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze" Howland has a bit as a big city reporter. Cortez is onscreen for less than half the film.
I did some research on this film and discovered that during filming in the San Fernando Valley, a swarm of gnats, attracted by the bright lights, swooped down on the company. Everyone had to fan the air and swat at the gnats. This went on for three nights until a carload of flit guns arrived. Unfortunately, the film was completed.
William Gargan plays a local reporter and Churchill's sweetheart, who wants to snare Cortez so he can get a job at a better newspaper. Chic Sale, a younger man who always dressed up and played older men, plays an old coot who manages to irritate anyone with a heartbeat. When Cortez plans to rob the local bank, Gargan and Churchill come up with the brilliant idea of spreading a rumor that the bank is insolvent; thus, everyone in town withdraws their dough, and the bank is empty ahead of Cortez and his gang.
Sale, whose head is as empty as the bank, fires his rifle at Cortez' car and blows out a tire. Cortez uncharacteristically surrenders. (For a change, at least he wasn't killed by Kay Francis.) Gargan and Churchill decide to stay in the hick town. Olin "Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze" Howland has a bit as a big city reporter. Cortez is onscreen for less than half the film.
I did some research on this film and discovered that during filming in the San Fernando Valley, a swarm of gnats, attracted by the bright lights, swooped down on the company. Everyone had to fan the air and swat at the gnats. This went on for three nights until a carload of flit guns arrived. Unfortunately, the film was completed.