Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.
Acting
Young Duke already has the walk; the acting comes later.
Direction
Robert Bradbury: father of the star, master of the 5-day shoot.
Production
Lone Star Pictures charm: big canyon, small budget, zero permits.
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Bradbury directed his son under the name 'John Wayne' for the first time here; the original Marion Morrison needed a studio-friendly alias.
Part of the 'Lone Star Westerns' cycle that kept Wayne working between bigger failures—basically his unemployment insurance with horses.
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