Doris Rogers, half owner of a dude ranch, as Jimmy Wakely, "Lasses" White and Dusty Smith to help run it. U.S. Marshal Tom Logan, posing as a stage driver, is killed during a mock holdup of new arrivals to the ranch. Brenda Amers and Horatio Pennypacker, eastern jewel thieves, bring their loot to Roy Williams, who owns the other half of the ranch as a blind for his gang which resells stolen jewels. Vaughn, the desk clerk, re-cuts the jewels in a secret room in the ice house. Fearing he will be caught, Brenda refuses Williams her stolen diamonds and hides them in a bar of soap.
Practical Effects
Ice house secret room: peak 1945 low-budget ingenuity
Costume
Eastern jewel thieves dressed for dude ranch cosplay
Acting
Jimmy Wakely fights AND sings, sometimes simultaneously
Director
Oliver Drake
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jimmy Wakely was a genuine country music star who made 28 Westerns for Monogram Pictures, essentially franchising himself before franchising existed.
The 'singing cowboy' phenomenon peaked in this exact era—Gene Rogers made it glamorous, but Wakely and others kept the B-pipeline flowing for rural theaters.
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