Apache Basin, Arizona is threatened by marauding horse thieves known as the Hell Hounds. The rustlers seem to ruthlessly target rancher Big John Lawson (Lafe McKee) so he is pressuring Sheriff Barnes and Deputy Yak Hammon... more »d (Yakima Canutt) to bring the Hell Hounds to justice. But the leader of the rustlers has a special hatred for Lawson and a secret that has him blackmailing the rancher's daughter Esther Lawson (Neva Gerber). Can Yak bring the rustlers to justice and keep his sweetheart Esther safe? - 58 minutes with a music score by Lou McMahon
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Includes the Toots and Casper comedy short: SMILE, BUTTERCUP, SMILE (1929)