A silent Western where the sheriff's badge comes with strings attached—and a body count.
Returning from service in the A. E. F., Dale Garland is given a rousing reception by his townsmen. County political boss Nebo Slayter persuades the community to nominate Dale for sheriff--thinking he can be easily manipulated--against John Millard, the incumbent, who refuses political compromises. Dale easily wins and pledges to give the citizens an honest deal. Millard's daughter, Alice, who is Dale's childhood sweetheart, learns of Slayter's dishonest schemes and sees his men murder a moonshiner for whom they had been furnishing protection.
Acting
Hoot Gibson's understated charisma carries every title card.
Direction
Pollard stages moonshiner murders with surprising visual punch.
Director
Harry A. Pollard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Prohibition, the moonshiner subplot let audiences thrill to illegal liquor drama while technically condemning it.
Hoot Gibson was a real rodeo champion before becoming one of Universal's biggest Western stars—those stunts are genuinely his.
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