Just after the Civil War, Captain Thorn is sent west to help protect the new telegraph line that is under construction. Leeds is out to establish an independent nation in the west and tries stop its construction and also incoming wagon trains by inciting the Indians to attack both of them.
Stunts
Bob Steele doing his own horse falls like a chaotic legend.
Production
Monogram Pictures efficiency: entire western in 63 minutes.
Costume
Leeds' villain wardrobe screams 'I bought this hat to be hated.'
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Steele appeared in over 300 westerns; this was one of four he made in 1936 alone.
The telegraph-as-civilization narrative conveniently ignores whose land was being 'connected.'
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