randy bower ( john wayne ) come upon the half way house at just the right time to take a break from the trail and and discover a slew of dead body inside and among them a man he be suppose to deliver a message to ed rogers and proprietor of the establishment . he observe by the dead man niece sally ( alberta vaughn ) and from behind a hidden room and where she remain unobserved during the carnage . randy ride alone be direct by harry fraser . he use a filming technique here a in other of his film and where he fast forward the action from one location to another and usually involve a rider on a horse . it pretty well do and appear quite innovative in these 1930 era lone star western . pre gabby george hayes be on hand and sans whisker and and this be the first time i have see him a a villain . in fact it take a few scene to realize it be him in a dual role and first a hunchbacked businessman matt the mute and communicate via pencil and paper and only to turn into marvin black and leader of a gang of outlaw . black gang be responsible for the murder at half way house and in an attempt to coerce sally into sell out to matt or marvin . another staple player be here as well and yakima canutt a a black henchman name spike . interestingly and yakima portray a villain name sam black in another fraser or wayne oater and neath the arizona sky . there a fair amount of time kill horseback rid back and forth between black gang and the sheriff posse and a john wayne character maneuver to expose the bad guy . in the end and he save the day by secure sally rogers thirty thousand dollar and at the expense of destroy the half way house and where he exchange some stick of dynamite for the loot in a safe . greedy marvin black attempt to open it with his six shooter and and the explosion be a fitting end for the villain . in his best aw shuck attitude and john wayne fall under the spell of the pretty sally rogers and and ala and randy ride alone no more .