Rose of the Rancho
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.
Cast
John Boles
as Jim Kearney
Gladys Swarthout
as Rosita Castro aka Don Carlos
Charles Bickford
as Joe Kincaid
H.B. Warner
as Don Pasqual Castro
Don Alvarado
as Don Luis Espinosa
Grace Bradley
as Flossie
Charles Middleton
as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
Willie Howard
as Pancho Spiegelgass
Herb Williams
as Phineas P. Jones
Charlotte Granville
as Dona Petrona
