A desert cult, a missing dad, and one cowboy who can't take no for an answer.
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheilla O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the village where no one is allowed to leave. But then he learns his father is being held prisoner and finding him, he is also made a prisoner.
Acting
Buck Jones brings sincere cowboy charm to absolute nonsense plot.
Production
Secret village sets are gloriously fake, dreamlike cardboard mysticism.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buck Jones died tragically in 1942's Coconut Grove fire; this was prime B-western era.
Pre-Code 1933 let films explore dark communes and moral ambiguity before Hays Code cleaned house.
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