However, it has become a cult film due to its low-budget production values and idiosyncratic style.
Gangster Johnny Carmenta (Juan Orol), faces Pancho Dominguez El Charro del Arrabal (Jose Pulido), who has imposed his law in the town.
The film has sometimes been compared with the work of American filmmaker Ed Wood, known as "the worst director of all time".
However, in contrast to Wood's films, Gangsters Versus Cowboys was successful at the box office.
[2] According to the opinion of specialist critics of Mexican cinema, the film ranks as number 68 among the hundred best films of the Mexican cinema.