Marshal Johnnie Taggart (Jon Hall), posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty (Margaret Lindsay), co-owner with Clay Curtwright (Robert Wilcox), of the infamous Bull Whip saloon. But "bad-girl" Kitty keeps her mouth shut, which is more than can be later said for "good-girl" Linda. When Johnnie's pal Andy (Andy Devine)reports a stage holdup, Curtwright's henchman, Ben Borden (Jack Lambert), talks the sheriff (Arthur Hohl) and Judge Holden (Jonathan Hale) into suspecting Johnnie. The latter takes offense at this, and beats up the mouthy Borden.
Johnnie reveals himself to Judge Holden as a government marshal, and the judge voices his opinion that Curtwright is the leader of the road agents, but voices it in the presence of his granddaughter, Louise Holden (Paula Drew), and what the judge doesn't know is that Louise is in love with Curtwright and, in less than half-a-reel, she has spilled the beans to Curtwright as to what Johnnie's true profession really is.
So Curtwright frames Johnnie for a murder and arranges for the crooked sheriff to promote a lynching and it looks like panic in Bannick until Andy and Kitty help Johnnie escape jail. Somewhere earlier, Margaret Lindsay sings a song (or is dubbed singing a song.) Johnnie and the Judge round up the vigilantes (Universal's usual crew of stand-bys are the uncredited vigilantes in this one) and head for a showdown at the Bull Whip saloon. Linda the snitch gets her comeuppance.
Johnnie reveals himself to Judge Holden as a government marshal, and the judge voices his opinion that Curtwright is the leader of the road agents, but voices it in the presence of his granddaughter, Louise Holden (Paula Drew), and what the judge doesn't know is that Louise is in love with Curtwright and, in less than half-a-reel, she has spilled the beans to Curtwright as to what Johnnie's true profession really is.
So Curtwright frames Johnnie for a murder and arranges for the crooked sheriff to promote a lynching and it looks like panic in Bannick until Andy and Kitty help Johnnie escape jail. Somewhere earlier, Margaret Lindsay sings a song (or is dubbed singing a song.) Johnnie and the Judge round up the vigilantes (Universal's usual crew of stand-bys are the uncredited vigilantes in this one) and head for a showdown at the Bull Whip saloon. Linda the snitch gets her comeuppance.