Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning empty handed, and before the other hands arrive, Ed is surprised to find Ming Toy return with the men.
Stunts
Hoot Gibson's legendary horse-riding sequences
Production
Early sound western with real location shooting
Director
Arthur Rosson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoot Gibson produced this himself after Universal dropped him, kickstarting his indie western comeback.
Pre-Code Hollywood let Ming Toy's character have actual agency—she gets the money AND returns to help—which vanishes after 1934 censorship.
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