Boss of Boomtown

Soldiers Steve and Jim are friends but when their enlistment ends, Jim reenlists while Steve doesn't. Instead he takes an assignment to find the local gold rustlers. Robbing the stage and then the bank gets Steve into the gang where he plans a job that will capture the entire gang. But just as he is about to put his plan into action Jim arrives to arrest him.

Cast

Rod Cameron

as Steve Hazard

Tom Tyler

as Jim Ward

Fuzzy Knight

as Corporal Chatter-Box

Vivian Austin

as Dale Starr

Jack Ingram

as Sam Ridgeway

Robert Barron

as Norton Brett

Marie Austin

as Minerva Sawyer

Max Wagner

as Sergeant George Dunne

Sam Flint

as Blaine Cornwall

Richard Alexander

as The Yuma Kid (as Dick Alexander)

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