Betty Lee takes a wagon train West, after her pIantation is burned to the ground in the Civil War. Her party is attacked by Indians, but she is rescued by Ted Thorne, a dashing cavaIry officer, and the two become friends. Investigating the attack, Ted learns that the lndians are taking their orders from a white man named Rance. The traiI of evidence leads to a shocking discovery - Rance and a band of ex-confederate soldiers are arming, intent on starting a new rebel country in the West!
Bob SteeIe is directed by his father, Robert N. Bradbury, in this Republic production, which boasts one of the most ambitious western viIlains ever. SteeIe, who was born Robert Bradbury, Jr., took roles in a number of the senior Bradbury's films, as well as dozens of other cowboy pictures. UnIike many of his feIIow western stars, Steele routineIy broke free of the genre, notabIy playing CurIy in the 1939 classic of Mice and Men. |