 In a typical western (movie) town (possibly described as  hick  by someone who possibly hasn t seen the film) Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his friend Jack Beaumont (Hugh O Brian) are present when the bank is robbed and Sheriff Whiteside (Harry Harvey) is killed. Judge Beaumont (Roy Gordon), Jack s father, appoints Gene the new sheriff. When Jack learns that his father is making a new will in his disfavor, they quarrel and Jack leaves under suspicious circumstances. Rocky Morgan (James Millican) who has been swindling the judge murders him and Gene has to jail his friend, who thinks Gene is doublecrossing him. But Gene has a plan to clear Jack.