A 53-minute identity-swap western where everyone's pretending to be someone else and nobody's good at it.
Hester and Hezekiah plan to get Dorothy Horton's inheritance. But when Pete and his men rob the stage they learn of the scheme and send Jim to replace Hezekiah. The Deputy Marshal breaks this up but Black Pete arrives wearing the Marshal's badge and has the Sheriff take him away while he flees with the inheritance money.
Acting
Olin Francis chewing scenery as fake Marshal Black Pete.
Production
Victor Adamson's legendary cheapness on full display.
Director
Victor Adamson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Victor Adamson directed over 100 films, most running under an hour, and was notorious for shooting without permits and paying actors in sandwiches.
This is pure 'Poverty Row' filmmaking—B-westerns churned out for rural theaters during the Depression, often shot in a week with props borrowed from other productions.
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