Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel, the film stars Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Ben Taggart, Wheeler Oakman, and the Simp-Phonies in a cameo appearance.

In the film, Starrett's character, Dr. Steven Monroe, travels to a tumultuous Painted Springs and attempts to resolve a raging conflict between two camps – the cattlemen and the sheep ranchers.

Starrett, who went on to star in around sixty other western flicks, found The Medico of Painted Springs to be his favorite film.

As Monroe starts to investigate the cause of the conflict, he finds out about Fred Burns' diabolical scheme – he intends to steal John Richards' cattle and frame sheep rancher Ed Gordon for the deed.

Charles Starrett, who had previously appeared in the 1940 Western film The Durango Kid, was cast as Dr. Steven Monroe.

Winston Miller and Wyndham Gittens wrote the screenplay[4] based on James Lyon Rubel's 1934 novel The Medico of Painted Springs.

There were a total of four distinct songs in the film, namely "Corny Troubles", "We'd Just as Soon Fiddle as Fight", "Lonely Rangeland", and "Rocking and Rolling in the Saddle".

A reviewer for Variety wrote, "Saddled with sophomoric episodes and dialog, The Medico of Painted Springs will find a groove for Saturday matinees, where the kids will stand for anything as long as it's western.

"[4] Michael R. Pitts, in his book Western Movies, found the film to be "[a] pretty good actioner in Charles Starrett's Columbia series.