Cowboy Larry O'Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars, Larry is determined to find the real killer and soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving crazed German entomologists and a smuggling ring bringing Chinese "picture girls" across the Mexican border for sale to wealthy Chinese bachelors.
Acting
Bob Steele's perpetual squint and Don Barclay's drunk sidekick energy carry this nonsense.
Production
Somehow crammed smuggling, murder, and mad science into 60 minutes of Monogram chaos.
Director
S. Roy Luby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Monogram Pictures churned out over 300 B-westerns in the 1930s, often shot in under a week with recycled sets and plots grabbed from pulp magazines.
The 'picture bride' smuggling plot references real 1930s Chinese immigration loopholes, twisted here into sensationalist pulp fodder for white cowboy heroics.
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