even die hard john wayne fan will have to concede that this film be a mess . wayne character and john tobin be after the gang that kill his parent and lead by half apache and half white renegade pandro zanti ( earl dwire ) and pose a a mexican . there be almost too many silly plot point to count and but those that stand out include sheriff williams ( jack rockwell ) cuff a captured zanti around his boot and so all zanti have to do to get free be remove his boot . tobin friend dusty ( george pre gabby hayes ) take a thrown knife in the back and and come back good a new for the rest of the story . in a chase scene and tobin rid a makeshift log flume through a drainage trough surround by log wall in the middle of a desert and and miss his mark and chase ( actually walk after ) zanti on foot through the desert . zanti seek relief and drink from a pool of water and but oops . and he do not see the sign above the waterhole that state don not drink poison . a zanti collapse dead and tobin resume his chase after the remainder of the gang and and capture the whole lot by blow up a rock wall that seal a secret passage into dusty cabin how convenient . in the closing scene and the new sheriff tobin be see on the phone talk to the new mrs. tobin ( sheila terry ) and dusty daughter ruby and who earlier in the film be a kidnap target of zanti gang . apparently and the studio be intent on wayne get the girl in virtually every film they make with him and a this type of end be completely predictable for almost all of lone star film .