The Westward Trail

Eddie Dean, Copper the Horse, and Roscoe Ates -- that's the order in which they're billed -- help Phyllis Planchard save the ranch she just bought from Bob Duncan, who wants it for a silver mine. She's hobbled by her brother, Steve Drake, who forged her name on the deed and sold it to Duncan. Meanwhile, Duncan, whose henchmen have killed the sheriff, appoints himself law in the town.

Under Ray Taylor's direction and Ernest Miller's camera, this might have been a very pleasant late example of the singing western, but Drake stinks up the joint, acting like a sullen four-year-old under threat of a spanking. Ates offers a more amusing performance than usual, particularly in the scene where he tells a tall tale about an Indian princess.