The Tonto Kid

Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.

Cast

Rex Bell

as 'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid

Ruth Mix

as Nancy Cahill

Buzz Barton

as Wesley Fritch

Theodore Lorch

as Lawyer Sam Creech

Joseph W. Girard

as Rance Cartwright

Barbara E. Robertson

as Edna May Cartwright

Jack Rockwell

as Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker

Murdock MacQuarrie

as 'Pop' Slawson

Bert Lindley

as Tom Quillan - Diamond D Foreman

Jane Keckley

as Mrs. Fritch, Wesley's Mother

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