Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes
John Wayne
as Chris Morrell
Sheila Terry
as Clara Moore
Shirley Jean Rickert
as Nina
Jack Rockwell
as Vic Byrd
Yakima Canutt
as Sam Black
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Matt Downing
Jay Wilsey
as Jim Moore
Harry L. Fraser
as Henchman in the Brush
Earl Dwire
as Tom - Nina's Father (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
as Jameson Hodge
Frank Hall Crane
as Express Agent (uncredited)
Billy Franey
as Old Prospector (uncredited)
