Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget oater from Monogram, which co-stars perennial old-timer Raymond Hatton as a retired U.S. Marshal assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a rancher. As the two old friends soon learn, a gang of smugglers headed by the town's banker (Frank LaRue) needs the use of the Flying Arrow Ranch for their nefarious purposes.
Acting
Raymond Hatton's grumpy marshal energy steals every scene.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real dust, zero CGI cowboys falling off cliffs.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johnny Mack Brown made over 40 Westerns for Monogram between 1943-1952, often with Raymond Hatton as his comic sidekick.
The 'crooked banker' villain reflected post-Depression anxieties; audiences in 1946 still remembered banks failing them.
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