Wanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to find them. Steve becomes a wanted man by faking the killing of Henley. Not only is he now in trouble as both the Rangers and the Mexican Rurales are after him, but Smiley knows him and may expose his masquerade to the bad guys.
Charles Starrett
as Texas Ranger Steve Carson / The Durango Kid
George J. Lewis
as Colonel José Vargas
Fred F. Sears
as Ranger Captain Richard Henley (as Fred Sears)
John Dehner
as Charles Bruton
Clayton Moore
as B. F. Morgan
Smiley Burnette
as Smiley Burnette
Mustard
as Burnette Cohort (as Mustard and Gravy)
Gravy
as Burnette Cohort (as Mustard and Gravy)
John Doucette
as Henchman Tucker (uncredited)
Jock Mahoney
as Tim Starling (uncredited)
