The 53-minute black-and-white film was directed by Harry L. Fraser, produced by Paul Malvern for Lone Star Productions, and released by Monogram Pictures.

Wayne plays a cowboy falsely accused of massacring all the occupants of a saloon, except for a beautiful young woman who hid out of sight.

Randy Bowers arrives at Ed Rogers' Half-Way House saloon and happily enters to the sounds of "Sobre las Olas" on the player piano.

Matt rides off to a criminal hideout beneath a waterfall where he takes off his disguise and reveals his true identity as Marvin Black.

Randy reveals to the sheriff that Matt the Mute was Marvin Black, and he gives Sally back her money.

The Lone Star pictures began at Warner Bros. as a way of repurposing stock footage from Ken Maynard's films with Wayne acting in the closeups.

[6] Harry Fraser wrote in his memoir that the films he did with John Wayne "did not break any box office records.

[8] The film was shot from late April to early May near Placerita Canyon and in Santa Clarita, California.

[10][11] Motion Picture Herald praised the stunts and wrote, "The exhibitor has little opportunity to sell the film in any but the usual manner for western material, but that, with the Wayne name, and played at the proper time, should be sufficient.

[13] They enjoyed the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the film and felt Hayes made a "tireless villain".

[14] The Daily Film Renter summed it up as a "fair offering of its type" with a story that "adheres closely to formula" and high praise in particular for the stunts.