The wedding plans of high wire duo Chip Wells (Clayton Moore) and Valerie (Marjorie Lord) go awry when their tent is broken into by bad guy Cooper (Roy Barcroft). Wells soon discovers the reason for the break-in, his bride-to-be is smuggling diamonds. As luck would have it, Cooper and his boss, Judge Sully (Percy Helton) have been tipped off that Valerie is packing stolen glass and try to cut themselves in on a piece of the action. Wells then takes it upon himself to secretly hide the diamonds inside his young daughter Taffy's (Judy Nugent) doll.
But this is show biz and despite the attempted larceny, the show must go on. Wells, so upset by his fiancé's involvement in such an untoward scheme, is unable to maintain his composure and during their high wire act falls abruptly to his death, leaving daughter Taffy a ward of the court, which is presided over by Judge Sully. Taffy already leery of her would-be step mother packs her bags,complete with the diamond stuffed doll, and takes off. Soon our heroes, Rodeo Star Rex and his sidekick Slim (Slim Pickens) are on the trail to save Taffy and reclaim the doll with the stolen diamonds.
Great action pacing by veteran director William Witney and an interesting B-Western supporting cast make this one of Rex's most enjoyable films. Prolific Western bad guy Roy Barcroft adds kidnapping and accessory to doll mutilation to his already impressive villainous resume. Dona Drake as gypsy Nartita and Percy Helton as mentally unbalanced Judge Sully round out the cast. Majorie Lord, in her pre "Make Room for Daddy" days, adds to the action with a knock down drag-out fight with Drake.
One of Rex Allen's best.
