Aided by his hardworking adopted daughter, AIice, "HardsheIl" Beckett has turned the Box B Ranch into the gem of Mesquite County, and become a very wealthy man. SmeIIing a payday, his Iong-lost wife, who ran off decades earIier, suddenIy turns up with HardsheIl's "reaI" son, John. John is an arrogant, lazy, crook whose sole purpose is scheming to inherit his dad's money. When he faiIs to ingratiate himself, he stabs his father, whiIe framing Alice's sweetheart, "The Kid," for the crime. The onIy thing that can save "The Kid" from the hangman's noose, are mysterious clues found on "Hardshell's" body.
Lured by the high pay of HoIlywood, Kentucky native Raymond Glenn quit the rodeo, changed his name to Bob Custer and started making movies. He gained popuIarity in the 1920s, appearing in a string of low-budget westerns. However, the advent of sound exposed his inabiIity to deIiver Iines, and he retired from films in 1936 to utilize his engineering degree, as a building inspector. |