Forest Ranger Tom Corbin patrols the lumber grant of the McFarland and Williams Lumber Company, party owned by Dale McFarland. Tom discovers that Bart Williams is systematically cutting excess timber and falsifying his timber reports to the government. Williams is assisted by "Bull" Riley, who, suspecting that Tom has discovered their thievery, gives Tom a beating in an unfair fight.
Acting
Tom Keene's jawline does 90% of the moral heavy lifting.
Practical Effects
Real lumber company location shooting — authentic sawdust energy.
Director
Ray Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Taylor directed over 100 films in his career, most of them B-pictures cranked out in weeks. This was business as usual.
1937 was peak New Deal era — government oversight plots resonated with audiences fresh from the Great Depression's corporate betrayals.
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