 Butch Morgan(Robert Walker) takes in wanderer  Cyclone" Crosby(Bob Custer) as part of his rustling gang, after Crosby whips Morgan in a fight in town over Morgan s treatment of young Bobbie Courtney(Andy Shuford.)Morgan does not let his personal feelings stand in the way of business, especially when he is short-handed in the rustlers department and Crosby claims to be a good  un.Smitten by Bobbie s sister, Mary (Betty Mack), Crosby saves the Courtney ranch when old John Courtney(Buck Connors)nearly loses it in a game of high-card cutting with crooked gambler "Poker" Slade(John Ince).The old man is a hard-headed compulsive gambler, and goes back for some more. Hey, it s the only game in town. He loses again but Crosby retrieves his note, saves the ranch and reveals himself as a Cattleman s Protective Association detective, named Hank  Cyclone  Parker, after Morgan for rustling and murder,and Slade for being a public nuisance.