When law goes bad, nothing goes right, so good people decide to fight fire with fire by going bad, at least in the eyes of lawmakers using their power to break the law and get away with it. Sheriff Barton MacLane has been using his power to steal the gold off the land of struggling peasants, and in some cases uses the law for murder and the theft of property. Spanish senorita Barbara Britton (with a good old Spanish name) witnesses her parents being murdered under MacLane's orders and starts her own gang to steal back what was rightfully hers and what was rightfully others, and return it to the victims.
It turns out that MacLane has orders from higher up, and as his men are targeted one by one by Britton's gang, he becomes more desperate. This Eagle Lion western suffers from a very low budget, but is benefited by the presence of a strong supporting cast, particularly Martin Garralaga as a monk who acts as Britton's conscience, Philip Reed as an ally of hers, Willard Parker as an attorney who is on the side of the wronged and Thurston Hall as the governor who steps in to help expose the corruption.
Then there's familiar character actor Antonio Rossito as the diminutive Nino, providing uncomfortable comic relief along side of the motherly but tough Anna Demetrio, indicating a stereotype of small in stature, small in smarts. This is watchable but not really memorable, with Britton far too Caucasian to be believable as a Spanish spitfire. The blury prints are in major need of restoration but at least the sound is decent.
It turns out that MacLane has orders from higher up, and as his men are targeted one by one by Britton's gang, he becomes more desperate. This Eagle Lion western suffers from a very low budget, but is benefited by the presence of a strong supporting cast, particularly Martin Garralaga as a monk who acts as Britton's conscience, Philip Reed as an ally of hers, Willard Parker as an attorney who is on the side of the wronged and Thurston Hall as the governor who steps in to help expose the corruption.
Then there's familiar character actor Antonio Rossito as the diminutive Nino, providing uncomfortable comic relief along side of the motherly but tough Anna Demetrio, indicating a stereotype of small in stature, small in smarts. This is watchable but not really memorable, with Britton far too Caucasian to be believable as a Spanish spitfire. The blury prints are in major need of restoration but at least the sound is decent.