 Near Gordontown, Joe Gordon (Riley Hill) and his sister Judy(Jane Adams), whose father Paul Gordon(Marshall Bradford) is a wealthy banker and rancher who owns most of the town, are shot at by two outlaws, but are rescued by U. S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown (Johnny Mack Brown), riding to Gordontown to visit his old friend, retired Marshal Dusty Dekker (Steve Clark.) Jim Laren (Hugh Prosser) arrives in town with plans of taking over the Gordon holdings and the town. Laren kills the elder Gordon, and has Annie Driscoll (Constance Worth), through a ruse innocently involving Dusty,show up posing as Gordon s wife who deserted him 18 years ago. Johnny, with the aid of Sheriff Alibi (Max Terhune), proves that Annie isn t the real Mrs. Gordon and clears his friend Dusty of the charge of killing Gordon.