Law of the West (1932)

A baddie named Morgan hates Carruthers so he kidnaps his son. Years pass and now the boy (Bob Steele) thinks that Morgan is his real father--and this 'dad' spent years beating the snot out of him. In the interim, Morgan and his gang have been breaking all sorts of laws...yet, inexplicably, Bob is still innocent and decent. Bob wants to escape with his girl--and his girl's father tells Bob he must tell him an important secret--that Morgan is NOT his dad. But naturally, being a bad b-western, the guy gets shot by Morgan before he can tell Bob! Soon Morgan convinces Bob that Carruthers shot his girlfriend's dad--and Bob vows to kill the guy who is actually his own father! Sounds weird and confusing? Well, it truly is. Additionally, folks who seem to die in this film miraculously come back to life and when they've finally captured Morgan, they just let him slip away--like they knew that they had to pad the film a bit more to get it to be long enough! An odd, dull and nonsensical sort of film--and among Steele's poorer efforts.