Donald Woods is broke, except for some property out west, so he goes out to see what he can do with it. C. Henry Gordon, who has been running it for his own benefit, sends out Paul Fix to kill him. Fix lays him low, but he is rescued by the Naab clan and nursed back to health, although they don't know his name. He falls in love with Evelyn Venable, who is to marry Paul Guilfoyle, who has been betraying their interests to Gordon for money to buy liquor.
This B version of the Zane Grey story tries to tell the story, but what it largely does is betray it's a lot more complicated than the format allowed by producer Harry Sherman's budget. Nonetheless, he spends some money on elegant helicopter shots, and in showig us brief glimpses of highly conflicted characters among the outright sinners and would-be saints. Sidney Toler appears without his usual Charlie Chan make-up to show us a humorous and honorable fellow, and Willard Robertson offers a brief glimpse of a man who is a fighter, but not a killer. These two make me wish for a fuller version of the story. Alas, It has yet to be made.
This B version of the Zane Grey story tries to tell the story, but what it largely does is betray it's a lot more complicated than the format allowed by producer Harry Sherman's budget. Nonetheless, he spends some money on elegant helicopter shots, and in showig us brief glimpses of highly conflicted characters among the outright sinners and would-be saints. Sidney Toler appears without his usual Charlie Chan make-up to show us a humorous and honorable fellow, and Willard Robertson offers a brief glimpse of a man who is a fighter, but not a killer. These two make me wish for a fuller version of the story. Alas, It has yet to be made.