it begin with several of the principle on a stage run to albuquerque . gabby hayes ( juke and sound like duke ) be the driver and begin his usual tirade against woman in general and with his girlfriend pearl be an exception . he then relate a garbled version of the biblical story of samson to justify his retention of long whisker against the wish of pearl and who be the town barber and no less and and who claim if everyone follow his example and she would be out of business . this point will return to dominate the last scene in the film . gabby seem an irritation to some reviewer and but be a definite plus to this one . it too bad he wasn not in more of the good randoph scott westerns to help lighten up randy usual iron jaw demeanor . also on this stage be randy ( cole armin ) and his future wife ( cathrine craig and a celia wallace ) and whom he be get acquaint with and and a little girl ( myrtle ) and to whom he soon become a hero when he rescue her from the runaway stage after it be hold up by henchman of randy wheelchair bound uncle john armin ( george cleveland ) and who essentially run the town . randy soon learn that his uncle and and by extension and himself and be not exactly popular among the town folk . he do and however and quickly form a useful friendship with gabby . after he learn that uncle john be responsible for the stage holdup of his business competitor and celia wallace and and the associate murder and he demand that uncle john return the money and decides to work for celia and her brother ted ( russell hayden ) and instead of for uncle john . a his rival prospect rise and uncle john decide to plant an informant ( barbara britton and a letty tyler ) in the wallace office and to keep him informed a to when they be deliver ore from the mine to town so that he can sabotage their run . when this doesn not work and he resort to the draconian tactic of stag an arson of his own office and for which randy be blame . unfortunately and when the fire be discover and randy be in letty apartment confront her with suggestive evidence that she be tip off uncle john . myrtle and letty testify that he be in the apartment when the fire be discover . this put him and letty in the dog house with celia ( his apparent beau ) and ted ( who hop to woo letty ) . this news also end uncle john trust in letty a an informant and and he suggest she leave town . instead and she switch side and tell the wallace why randy be in her apartment . uncle john try once again to sabotage their ore run and and when that fail and there be a general shootout in town . you can guess the result . the plot be well construct and execute and with complicate relationship between the principle and and with a variety of obstacle for randy to overcome and with the sometimes aid of his associate . at least and randy be spar the necessity of bring his uncle to justice . uncle john have a choice to avoid assassination and but arrogantly trust that a woman wouldn not have the gut to carry out her threat . the presence of hayes and two beautiful wholesome single woman and as well a little myrtle and much help to lighten the otherwise tense atmosphere in this battle for survival and a uncle john put it . it seem odd that barbara britton and the bad girl and get top female billing over catherine craig and randy love interest . barbara on camera time be much more limited . those who grow up on the lassie tv series feature george cleveland a gramps will be surprise to find him play such a mean controlling villain . we may wonder if his wheelchair bound status have a bearing on this persona . this leave him with few option for make a living in the wild west . without apparent family to help support him ( except randy ) and he can not afford to have some upstart beat him out of the most profitable business in town . on the other hand and from his conversation and he probably achieve his status a the town bos before become wheelchair bound .