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Wade Barton (O'Brien) leads a band of troubleshooters whose duty is to help the oppressed and the innocent (natch). While foiling an attempted robbery of a stagecoach he makes the acquaintance of Nita Del Campo (Lupita Tovar). Naturally, she's taken with him and invites him to a fiesta at her father's hacienda. At the film moves on, both the audience and Wade learn that there's some work afoot to cheat Senor Del Campo (Lucio Villegas) out of his land. Behind the dirty deeds are John Courtney (LeRoy Mason) and his foreman, Ben Wallace (William Royle). During a heated private argument between Del Campo and Courtney, Wallace knocks out Del Campo and shoots Courtney to death, framing Del Campo. Wallace figures to cash in as he's engaged to Courtney's sister. Things look bleak for Del Campo, but Wade manages to save the day by turning Wallace and his dimwitted right-hand man, Rance Potter (Glenn Strange) against each other in order to get one to confess. Watch for Ben Johnson making his film debut in a small scene as a barfly at the cantina where Del Campos is hiding.

This entry in the George O'Brien RKO western series, has our hero pursuing a charming Spanish senorita.

Wade Barton (O'Brien) leads a gang of buckaroos who hire out to the highest bidder when trouble arises. Barton and his gang foil a stage holdup and he meets Senorita Anita del Campos (Lupita Tovar) with whom he is immediately smitten.

John Courtney (Leroy Mason) and the foreman of his sister's ranch Ben Wallace (William Royle) have had a phony land survey taken where the boundaries have been changed so that the bulk of the del Campo ranchero have been placed within Sandra Courtney's (Mary Field) ranch. The plan is to drive Don Aliso del Campo from his home.

But Wallace has other ideas. He plans to marry Sandra and take full control of the re-configured ranch. At a celebration at the del Campo, Wallace murders John Courtney and has the blame placed upon Don Aliso. Wade who was attending the celebration believes Don Aliso to be innocent. With the aide of his foreman Pedro (Martin Garralega) Don Aliso flees.

While Wade and his partner Monty (Slim Whitaker) search for the Don, Sheriff Warren (Bill Cody) serves an eviction notice on Anita. Wallace's men take possession of the ranchero. Meanwhile, Barton finds the Don and they plan to re-take the ranchero. Barton manages to trick Wallace's partner Rance Wallace (Glenn Strange) into fingering Wallace as the real killer. Barton also convinces Wallace that Potter is out to get him. Wallace and Potter discover that they have been had and......................................................

O'Brien's role as a leader of a group of gunmen for hire is unusual. He states that he is for hire to the highest bidder no matter which side he or she is on. Does this mean that our George would stray to the wrong side of the law? Hmmmmmm.

As is the case with many entries in the series, RKO provides plenty of extras (unusual for a "B" western) for the chase and attack sequences but who's complaining? Lots of action and shoot-em ups in this one. O'Brien even gets to battle a whole saloon full of hombres.

Future star Ben Johnson who was doing stunt work on the film, has a" blink and or you'll miss him" role as a barfly who gets into the brawl previously mentioned. Also appearing are familiar faces Chris Pin-Martin (sans mustache), Hank Bell (with mustache) and Forrest Taylor.

And hey....what happened to Chill Wills?

Directed by David Howard and written by Oliver Drake, this George O'Brien B Western is a story about a land grab, by some Texas "Gringos" from a Mexican land owner. In addition to its star, the cast features other RKO regulars like Glenn Strange and Slim Whitaker, who plays O'Brien's trusted colleague Monty.

Famed gunfighter Wade Barton (O'Brien) and his gang of twelve happen upon a stagecoach that's under assault from some bandits. After chasing them away, Wade is captivated by the lovely senorita inside, Anita del Campo (Lupita Tovar), and is later thanked more formerly by her father Don Aliso del Campo (Lucio Villegas), a major landowner in the area. What Wade and the del Campos don't know is that John Courtney (LeRoy Mason), his right-hand man Ben Wallace (William Royle) and henchman Rance Potter (Strange) were responsible for the attempted stage robbery and have plotted to claim the del Campo's property via some phony surveys.

But because Courtney is none-too-keen on Wallace's plan to marry his sister Sandra (Mary Field), Ben seizes and opportunity to kill him and frame Don Aliso for the murder. With Potter backing him up, the sheriff (Bill Cody) has no choice but to arrest the prominent Mexican, who escapes with the assistance of his friend, the town barber, Pedro (Martin Garralaga). Wade doesn't believe that del Campo is guilty, so he decides to pretend to join forces with Wallace and Potter, neither of whom is very smart. They're tricked into revealing what really happened to Courtney, Potter even confessing it to Wade in the presence of Potter. Wade uses the information to convince Sandra that she's been duped, then it's a race to save Anita from Wallace and Potter, who'd planned to use her as leverage once they'd realized that Wade was on to them.