the man from utah open with a sing cowboy strum a guitar on horseback . this be how be introduce to john weston ( john wayne ) and head into town and look for work . when he help marshal higgins ( george pre gabby hayes ) foil a bank robbery with his fancy shooting and the marshal offer him an undercover job a a deputy to investigate the dalton valley rodeo . apparently and the annual winner of the big prize money in the rodeo be a tight knit band of bad boy in the employ of spike barton ( ed peil ) and who also happen to head up the rodeo committee . serious challenger to the supremacy of barton top henchman cheyenne kent ( yakima canutt ) wind up severely ill or dead . even back in these 1930 lone star westerns john wayne have a charismatic presence that hint at future star quality . if for nothing else and see wayne so young in these film be a real treat . the movie itself clip along at a quick fifty three minute pace and much of it take up by stock rodeo footage of rope and bulldog and indian parade and dance . in the decide rodeo event and weston avoids disaster by discover a poisoned needle insert into the saddle of dynamite and a formerly unridden bronco on which he must outlast cheyenne . the end be no surprise and a barton bad boy forsake win the rodeo event and go for the whole thirty thousand dollar pot of prize money deposit in the local bank . but the marshal and weston be there to foil their plan and save the day for the dalton valley rodeo . and a we have see before in film like neath the arizona sky and randy ride alone and wayne character close out the film in a clinch with a pretty young lady and this time the judge daughter marjorie carter ( polly ann young ) and who pin for him throughout the film .