The Navajo Trail

Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton are teamed again as "Nevada" and "Sandy," U. S. marshals, whose names inspire uneasiness in the hearts of all malefactors of the old West. The boys are at their best in this fast-moving drama which Howard Bretherton directed under Charles J. Bigelow's supervision. The pair is about to take off for a much-needed vacation when a sergeant of the Texas Rangers is shot dead on their doorstep. "Nevada" trails the outlaws to the town of Muleshoe, and there assumes the identity of a notorious bandit. In this guise he is accepted by the outlaws as one of themselves and learns of their plans to rustle a herd of horses belonging to a neighboring Indian tribe. "Nevada's" plan to catch the rustlers red-handed is frustrated when one of the latter recognizes "Sandy." The picture is climaxed by a rousing gun-battle in which Jennifer Holt, portraying the wife of a Ranger, shows herself an expert rifle shot. A plausible screenplay by Frank H. Young, based on a story by Jess Bowers, and convincing performances by the cast - particularly Hatton's comedy touches - combine to make this a more-than-acceptable Western.