A football star trades touchdowns for six-shooters and suddenly everyone's dead. Classic career pivot.
When football player Tex fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity.
Acting
Tex Fletcher: singer first, actor distant second.
Production
Shot in six days on a studio backlot.
Director
Sam Newfield
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Tex Fletcher's only starring film; he returned to radio within a year. The 'singing cowboy' craze peaked with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, leaving no room for a guy literally named Tex playing Tex.
Sam Newfield directed over 250 films, often pseudonymously—this one he actually claimed. The 57-minute runtime was standard for 'Poverty Row' westerns designed to fill double bills cheaply.
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