South of Santa Fe

Jack Stone murders rancher John Thornton for the map to his secret gold mine. Arriving too late to save her father Thornton's daughter Beth rips the map in two and Stone is forced to flee with just half. Resourceful cowboy Tom Keene shows up at the Thornton ranch looking for work and agrees to help Beth bring her father's killer to justice.

Bob Steele, son of director Robert Bradbury, starred in dozens of cowboy pictures and headlines this Trem Carr production. Unlike many of his fellow western stars, Steele routinely broke free of the genre, notably playing Curly in the 1939 classic Of Mice and Men.

• western