John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help each other escape and learn that a local banker is trying to scare everyone away to grab up some secret gold mines.
Stunts
Yakima Canutt's cave escape is legitimately impressive.
Production
53 minutes of pure 1930s Poverty Row efficiency.
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
John Wayne
John Middleton
Sheila Bromley
Ann Mason
Frank McGlynn Jr.
Frank Carter
Yakima Canutt
Joe Burns
Wally Howe
Hank Mason
Julia Griffith
Marie Mason
Earl Dwire
Emmett
Glenn Strange
Burn's Henchman
Victor Adamson
Henchman (uncredited)
Chuck Baldra
Henchman/Singer (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Rancher (uncredited)
Fred Burns
Rancher (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yakima Canutt, the stuntman playing Joe Burns, later coordinated the famous chariot race in Ben-Hur. This cave stuff was his warmup.
Made for Republic Pictures' 'Lone Star' series, this was one of 12(!) Westerns Wayne churned out in 1935 alone. The man was a machine.
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