Sagebrush Trail

The [second film in the series] Sagebrush Trail, presents Wayne as the cowboy wrongly imprisoned on a murder charge who escapes from jail and joins up with some desperadoes, hoping to run across the real killer. He befriends a member of the gang, Bob Jones (Lane Chandler), not knowing that Jones is the man he is seeking. Jones, however, suspects him and, being jealous of his interest in a girl (Nancy Shubert), decides to expose Wayne's John Brant to the gang. However, the girl shows him how Wayne has been a loyal friend, and, Jones saves Wayne at the cost of his own life. (John Wayne, Allen Eyles, 1979, p.37)