 When Sunshine Valley settlers face disaster because of a food shortage and medicine shortage, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and Dan Coleman (Tom London), father of Gene s friend Jennifer (Gail Davis), buy supplies in Trail s End, but additional supplies promised by the operators of the town s only store, Lola Riker (Sheila Ryan) and her partner Ross McLain (Kenne Duncan) are not forthcoming. With the aid of the law and his friend Smiley (Smiley Burnette), Gene gets a shipment through to Sunshine Valley, battling off a hi-jacking attempt but too late to prevent a little girl, Judy (Melinda Plowman), from dying because of a lack of medicine. Gene heads for a showdown battle with McLain.