Tim Madigan (Tim McCoy), gentleman gambler who never carries a gun, exposes a card sharp cheating Jose Hernandez (Red Lease.)
Later, the gambler is shot after being knocked unconscious by Tim.
Through circumstances, Jose thinks he did the killing, while Marshal Tom Barstow (Earle Hodgins) thinks Tim is the guilty party.Tim takes refuge at the ranch of Don Hernandez (Joseph Girard) and his daughter Juanita (Luana Walters), not knowing the youth he befriended is the runaway son of the family.
Saloon owner Amos Harden (J. Frank Glendon) and gambler Ace Morgan (Wheeler Oakman), who sat in on the card game preceding the murder, are plotting to acquire the Hernandez ranch by means of a forged document.
Harassed by the Marshal, who is seeking to unravel the murder mystery, Tim persuades Jose to return home.
Tim then wins enough in a poker game with Harden and Morgan to save the Hernandez ranch.
It's always amazing to me the number of small film companies there were in the 30s. This one was done by Puritan Pictures which produced a handful of westerns for about 2 years.
The guy who owned the company, however went on to produce the side kids and even the Superman serial in the 40s. He even produced some Elvis movies and Roy Orbison's only film.
But you want to know about this movie right? Not much to say. It's really cheaply made and not especially well acted.
the story is silly and in all you'll likely be bored.
Guess this is why TV killed the motion picture.
