- Two ranchers quarrel, suspecting each other of castle rustling. The son of one proves that it is the work of a gang and rounds them up.
- Another of the Charles Starrett Westerns sold as "Peter B. Kyne Productions" that Peter B. Kyne had nothing to do with as either the producer or the writer beyond Columbia using his name. Ford Beebe's "original" script had also been done before by other writers at Columbia for both a Buck Jones and a Bob Allen film. Texas Ranger Ranny Maitland comes to Medicine Springs to solve the rustling mystery that is the cause of a feud between his cattleman father and neighboring rancher Lockhart. He arrives at the Lockhart ranch and introduces himself as Ranny Morgan. His father arrives and explains he has come to end the feud and, in response to Ranny's signal, he does not acknowledge him as his son. The elder Maitland is killed during a meeting with Lockhart and the sheriff arrests Lockhart, although Manny suspects Brophy, the Lockhart foreman. In jail, Lockhart tells Ranny he knows he is Maitland's son, and that his father had told him that both their herds were being rustled by a gang made up of cowpunchers from both ranches. Lafe, Lockhart's son, is implicated when it is discovered that the rustler's brand, a cross-in-a-box, is registered in his name. Ranny also discovers that cattle cars were ordered in Lafe's name at the Blockade Canyon siding for the next day, and is forced to arrest him. Ranny knows that the Lockharts are innocent and suggests to the sheriff that they be allowed to escape, and that will furnish them with an excuse to gather a posse without arousing the rustlers' suspicions. But Brophy learns of the plan and he and his men kidnap the Lockharts from their hiding place at the sheriff's home. Alice discovers her father and brother are missing and tells Ranny and they both ride to the Blockade siding.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- Neighboring ranchers Lockhart and Maitland suspect each other of cattle rustling and each request help from the Texas Rangers. Maitland's son Ranny, a Ranger, pretends to be on Lockhart's side in order to solve the case. Ranny first goes to the Lockhart ranch and agrees to adopt a pseudonym so that he can work undercover. Maitland tries to discuss the problem with Lockhart but is mysteriously killed, and Lockhart is arrested for his murder. While in jail, Lockhart tells Ranny that Maitland had proof that cowhands from both ranches had formed a rustling gang. When Ranny goes to find the evidence in his father's safe, he discovers that Lockhart's foreman Brophy, and his father's foreman Gilman have blown it open, and Lockhart's son Lafe is incriminated by the evidence and is arrested. Ranny believes Lafe is innocent and allows both Lockharts to escape in order to form a posse to capture the real outlaws. Ranny is captured by Brophy at Blockade Canyon where the posse was to form, and it is revealed that Brophy knows Ranny's true identity because he overheard the Maitland-Lockhart discussion. Alice confounds Brophy's plan of killing her loved ones in a stampede, and Ranny fights with the outlaw while the posse captures the rest of the rustlers. With peace restored, Ranny decides to stay on with Alice.
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