THe Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane (Jack Rutherford), who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah Burton (Marin Sais), a prisoner. Tex Lowery (Tex Ritter),an undercover Texas Ranger, rescues Martha Williams (Jean Joyce), a nurse sent for by the ailing Sarah, from a stagecoach holdup by Lane's henchmen. He later convinces Laner that he is a wanted outlaw named Ed Carter, and gains entry to Rancho Grande. But the real Ed Carter (Roy Barcroft)shows up.—Les Adams <[email protected]>
A ranch foreman and his men are guily of cheating their owner out of her cattle money and murdering the Deputies that arrive to investigate. He also has a stooge Doctor keeping her in poor health with medicine. Tex arrives posing as a notorious wanted outlaw and is accepted into the gang. Learning the gang's operation he makes plans with the Marshal to round them up.—Maurice VanAuken <[email protected]>