[1][2] It was described by the Los Angeles Times as being "very good of its type"[3] and was released on a double bill with The Secret Fury.

Near the Old West town of Clifton, New Mexico, cowhands Ross Taylor and his pal, Chito Rafferty, rescue road-construction engineer Dan Madden and his wife, Mary, from Anson Thurber and his henchmen.

After a running gun battle, Ross and Chito escort the Maddens to the construction site, aided by Jay Wingate, who is in league with Thurber, but poses as an advocate of the new road.

Ross and Chito engage Thurber and his gang in a gunfight until the sheriff and his posse arrive and arrest the culprits.

Declining Madden's offer to work for him on his next project in Montana, Ross and Chito ride on.