This is one of 136482371 B-westerns Hollywood made during the 1930s. All of them had low budgets (like all Bs), lots of action and a likable hero and there is a definite sameness to them. This is not necessarily bad--the public loved them and they were light and entertaining. John Wayne started in Bs and the likes of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hoot Gibson and Hopalong Cassidy made tons of them. This one features Tim McCoy--one of the lesser-known cowboy stars today but a guy who made a huge number of quick films all the way from the mid-1920s until the mid-1960s! A group of less than honest folk running a patent medicine show are being chased by the law. However, they manage to make it across the county line and the dastardly Sheriff actually tries pulling their wagon back across the border so he can arrest them! McCoy sees this and shoots the Sheriff's rope--freeing the wagon and impressing the leader of this group. He hires McCoy to do some trick shooting in order to drum up customers for the show.
Once in his new job, he meets up with a guy named 'Tex' who is in reality a government agent who has infiltrated a gang of bank robbers, Then you learn that McCoy (who, incidentally is named 'Missouri' as the writers obviously had an obsession with naming people after places) is ALSO a g-man! And when Tex is murdered, it looks like Missouri is responsible...and it's up to him to catch the baddies and make the world a better place for niceness.
As for McCoy, he didn't have a huge personality but was quite pleasant. The production was decent and the acting (usually a bit iffy in such films) is decent as well. All in all, this is not to get excited about but it's also worth your time if you are a B-western lover.
Once in his new job, he meets up with a guy named 'Tex' who is in reality a government agent who has infiltrated a gang of bank robbers, Then you learn that McCoy (who, incidentally is named 'Missouri' as the writers obviously had an obsession with naming people after places) is ALSO a g-man! And when Tex is murdered, it looks like Missouri is responsible...and it's up to him to catch the baddies and make the world a better place for niceness.
As for McCoy, he didn't have a huge personality but was quite pleasant. The production was decent and the acting (usually a bit iffy in such films) is decent as well. All in all, this is not to get excited about but it's also worth your time if you are a B-western lover.