Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.

"GENE'S IN A SHOWDOWN WITH THE WEST'S SHARPEST SHOOTERS! He and Champ show bordertown boss the way out of town -- and a teen-age bandit the way off that crooked trail!"