 In the event that either Warners or Ed Earl Repp might see this film and think the plot bordered too closely to 1937 s "Empty Holsters" (with Dick Foran), director/writer Harry Fraser opted to use the non de plume of James Oliver for the writer, thereby, years later, creating a non-existant James Oliver (II) for sources who aren t that well versed in the doings of B-western film history. This semi-lift has Jim Brandon (Bob Steele), paroled from prison on a framed charge, back in town and being taunted by Dunc Rankin (Edward M. Howard) as being yellow. Before Jim can clean the floor with Dunc, Sheriff Matt Warner (Steve Clark) informs him that if he gets into a fight or carries a gun - a holster is okay if it is empty - he ll be sent back to jail for keeps. Jim knows that the Duncan brothers, Dunc and Bill (Charles King), framed him on a fake robbery charge and also killed his partner Tim Donovan, officially listed as a suicide. Betty Morgan (Ellen Hall), whose guardian is Bill Rankin, really loves Jim and sticks up for him, even when Rankin-henchman Chuck Wilson (Bud Geary) throws him out of the saloon. Bill is trying to get Betty to marry his worthless brother Dunc. Jim s pal, Utah McGirk (Syd Saylor), has been working for Rankin as a cook in order to get enough money to pay the interest due on the note on Jim s ranch, which Rankin wants to grab. Jim and Utah dig a bullet out of the wall in the cabin where Donovan supposedly killed himself and now set out to prove that the Rankins were responsible. Jim is captured by the gang, and Bill tells Betty that if she doesn t marry his brother, she will never see Jim alive again.