Townsman (uncredited)
Wes Steele, un pistolero acusado de varios delitos, logra escapar de un intento de linchamiento. En su huida va a parar a Arizona, región a la que acude todo tipo de gentes atraídas por la "fiebre del oro" que asoló el Oeste americano. Allí se enamora de la hija del sheriff, una joven bastante rebelde. Completamente decidido a cambiar radicalmente de vida, sabe que primero debe arreglar sus cuentas con la ley.
Contest Shooter (uncredited)
Dos jinetes llegan a Dodge City persiguiendo a un hombre. Es el Día de la Independencia, y la gente se arremolina en torno al premio del concurso de tiro, un rifle único: el Winchester 73. Lin McAdam, uno de los forasteros, gana el concurso y consigue el rifle, pero su contrincante Dutch Henry Brown se lo roba y huye. El rifle pasa a manos de un traficante de armas, luego a un jefe indio y más tarde a un forajido. Mientras tanto, continúa la persecución.
Stunts
Bart Tare, un veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), es un hombre emocionalmente desequilibrado que desde que era niño vive obsesionado con las armas. Cuando conoce a Annie, una mujer fatal, se deja arrastrar al mundo del crimen. Unidos por su afición a las armas, la relación de la pareja desemboca, entre atraco y atraco, en un torbellino de pasiones y situaciones peligrosas.
Henchman (uncredited)
Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with.
Officer (Uncredited)
Stiles (Richard Widmark) es un jefe mafioso en alza que lucha por imponerse en el submundo criminal. Los archivos del FBI rebosan de historias sangrientas, pero hay un caso concreto que tiene desconcertado al inspector Briggs (Lloyd Nolan). Se trata de dos asesinatos: un ama de casa y el guardia de seguridad de un banco, abatidos ambos por el mismo arma, pero sin que exista ninguna otra conexión entre ellos. Decidido a llegar hasta el fondo del asunto, Briggs encarga a su mejor agente secreto que se infiltre en la cúpula de la tristemente famosa banda de Stiles...
Ed (uncredited)
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
Posse Member (uncredited)
Chester Wooley y Duke Egan son unos vendedores ambulantes que realizan una escala en Wagon Gap, Montana, mientras se dirigen a California. Durante la escala, un criminal famoso, Fred Hawkins, es asesinado, y los dos son acusados del crimen. Rápidamente son juzgados, condenados y sentenciados a morir en la horca. El jefe del comité de ciudadanos locales, Jim Simpson, recuerda una ley por la cual el vencedor en un duelo debe asumir la responsabilidad de las deudas y la familia del difunto. La ley impide la ejecución de los dos, pero ahora Chester es responsable de la viuda Hawkins y sus siete hijos...
The tale of Clint Farrell, an aspiring lawyer who must use both his wits and his brawn to save his town from being taken over by a villainous railroad financier.
Townsman
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Man in Bank as Door Opens
Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady, there is a run on the bank. When Rocky volunteers to ride to the next town for money, he is ambushed by Dorn's men, loses his memory, and is jailed for supposedly stealing the money.
Townsman
Billy the Kid is framed for murder.
Gambler
When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.
Townsman
A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes) solve ranch raids.
Cowboy
Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union. Starrett plays Texas Ranger Steve Martin (!), who is dispatched to a "renegade" Texas country that refuses to become part of the good old USA. He discovers that the crux of the problem is a local tax collector (Norman Willis) who, with the help of a crooked newspaper editor (Davision Clark), is systematically robbing the citizens of their hard-earned cash, all the while fomenting anti-American sentiments. Britt Wood takes over from Cliff Edwards as Starrett's comical sidekick, while band singer Rose Ann Stevens makes an impressive acting debut as the heroine.
Barfly in Fancy Vest
Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea.
Townsman
When Sheriff Hanley sends for Billy and his pals, they arrive to find him murdered and Ed Slade temporary Sheriff.
Henchman
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California locate the rustlers' hideout and join the gang by posing as outlaws themselves, but must find a way to let the rest of the posse know where they are.
Rancher
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
Barfly
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
Townsman
The story opens as Stony returns to his home town, only to discover that his sheriff father has been murdered by person or persons unknown. The new sheriff (Henry Brandon) resents the arrival of the Mesquiteers, going so far as to frame Tucson on a murder charge.
Henchman
Frustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy, Texas Rangers Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Rusty Joslin (Raymond Hatton) and Rico Rinaldo (Duncan Renaldo) hatch a plan: Stony poses as an outlaw dubbed The Laredo Kid to lure the bad guys into Texas. But the plan might fall apart when the real Laredo Kid arrives on the scene in this action-packed Western.
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.
Trial Warden (uncredited)
Aunque inocente, el reportero Frank Ross es declarado culpable de asesinato y es enviado a la cárcel. Mientras sus amigos del periódico tratan de averiguar quien lo engañó, Frank se va endureciendo por la vida en prisión y su optimismo se convierte en amargura.
Cowhand
Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a ranch and gets Jack to pose as the heir to the ranch. After the papers are signed he plans to have jack killed. But the Kid recognizes Gorson's henchmen as the men Jack is after and decides to help him.