"Arizona Legion" is another of the George O'Brien westerns for RKO.
Boone Yeager (O'Brien) is engaged to the Judge's daughter and seems to have everything. However he suddenly becomes wild, shooting up the town and associating with the riff raff in the saloon. His fiancé, Letty Meade (Larraine (Day) Johnson) soon becomes unsure and breaks their engagement. An old friend Lt. Bob Ives (Carlyle Moore) arrives in town after the stagecoach he was riding in was robbed by a gang headed by Whiskey Joe (Harry Cording). He is willing to identify the assailant in court.
But Boone and Judge Meade (Edward LeSaint) have a secret. You see, Boone has been working undercover trying to infiltrate the gang to learn the identities of the gang leaders. The governor has formed a group of lawmen to be known as The Arizona Rangers to bring law and order to Arizona.
Remaining undercover, Boone gains the confidence of Whiskey Joe and his bosses Saloon owner Jim Dutton (William Royle) and Kirby the express agent (Glenn Strange). He learns that there is a higher up known simply as "The Chief". Whiskey Joe is brought to trial but is acquitted with Boone and his sidekick Whopper Hatch (Chill Wills) sitting on the jury.
This puts Boone in solid with the outlaws who give him an assignment to rob a gold shipment. Along the way Boone learns the identity of the Chief and a showdown in town ensues and.................................................
This entry in the series must have had a larger than normal budget as there are many, many extras portraying cavalry soldiers, outlaw gang members and the rangers. It's full of action and plenty of gunplay.
Also in the cast are Tom Chatterton as Commissioner Teagle, Bob Kortman as Sgt. Clarke and old timer Lafe McKee as the Sheriff.
And, oh yes, George gets his girl back.
Boone Yeager (O'Brien) is engaged to the Judge's daughter and seems to have everything. However he suddenly becomes wild, shooting up the town and associating with the riff raff in the saloon. His fiancé, Letty Meade (Larraine (Day) Johnson) soon becomes unsure and breaks their engagement. An old friend Lt. Bob Ives (Carlyle Moore) arrives in town after the stagecoach he was riding in was robbed by a gang headed by Whiskey Joe (Harry Cording). He is willing to identify the assailant in court.
But Boone and Judge Meade (Edward LeSaint) have a secret. You see, Boone has been working undercover trying to infiltrate the gang to learn the identities of the gang leaders. The governor has formed a group of lawmen to be known as The Arizona Rangers to bring law and order to Arizona.
Remaining undercover, Boone gains the confidence of Whiskey Joe and his bosses Saloon owner Jim Dutton (William Royle) and Kirby the express agent (Glenn Strange). He learns that there is a higher up known simply as "The Chief". Whiskey Joe is brought to trial but is acquitted with Boone and his sidekick Whopper Hatch (Chill Wills) sitting on the jury.
This puts Boone in solid with the outlaws who give him an assignment to rob a gold shipment. Along the way Boone learns the identity of the Chief and a showdown in town ensues and.................................................
This entry in the series must have had a larger than normal budget as there are many, many extras portraying cavalry soldiers, outlaw gang members and the rangers. It's full of action and plenty of gunplay.
Also in the cast are Tom Chatterton as Commissioner Teagle, Bob Kortman as Sgt. Clarke and old timer Lafe McKee as the Sheriff.
And, oh yes, George gets his girl back.