There are basically 2 components to the plot, with some overlap. In the early going, the people of the small town of Whitakers are worried their town may soon become a ghost town. Since the goldmine owned by Carol Stevens(Linda Hayes) closed down operations, local money has pretty well dried up. Her mine was established by her father, who apparently didn't leave much money to further expand it. Thus, she has been writing to various CEOs about possibly forming a partnership with her. But, so far, no takers. Roy suggests that several of these men be invited to the town's annual 'Spirit of the West' celebration' All 3 executives bite. They are Peter Moreland(Arthur Loft), John McMahon(Charles Miller), and Harold Prentiss. At first, they are treated to some of the spectacles, including much singing by the Sons of Pioneers. There is a square dance, followed by a demonstration of jive dancing by the teenagers: Bobby Beers and Judy Clark
: quite a switch! After seeing some rock samples and the mine, all three were impressed with the possibilities, especially for tungsten, which one identified. Thus, things are looking up for the town.........But just then, a number of gangsters from an eastern city show up. They are looking for a place to lay low for a while, and guess that these 'hillbillies' will be easy to fool. Badman Keenan suggests to the programmers that a fake ambush and kidnapping be staged. Amazingly the programmer takes the bait! Badman Keenan takes movies of the staged kidnaping, to prove that the Sons of the Pioneers took part in the real kidnaping that followed. Roy was not in the movie, as he was at the mine with the 3 executives. Yet, the gullible sheriff gathers a posse to chase him down. Later, Roy and others at the mine are stuck up and tied up. But , Roy says they didn't do an expert job, hence guesses they wanted them to escape eventually. Roy slithers quite a distance to a pool of water, soaks his ropes and slithers out of them. He needs to find out where the kidnaped are to rescue them........Meanwhile, Gabby is taking the $240,000. the gang demanded to the place designated in a letter, dropped by parachute from a plane! He has no guards with him , in his auto. Gabby meets Keenan at the designated place and hands over the money. Keenan doesn't bother to count it. Gabby asks where the prisoners are being held, and is told truthfully. Keenan then shoots Gabby several times at close range. We don't see Gabby fall, but presumably he does. Later, we see him getting up. He shows us his secret life savor. He now writes a message and map of where the kidnapped are, and stuffs it into the pouch of his carrier pigeon, which takes it to the Sheriff, and those around him. The sheriff has his men ride in that direction. Meanwhile, Roy also rides there, alone. He locates the old mine tunnel, and finds the abductees, being watched by several men. He wounds several of the men, then snuffs out the fuse to a dynamite charge the baddies were hoping would seal the victims in the tunnel for good. Roy then rides to where he thinks Keenan will be driving his car, and takes a short cut across a trail, so he's in front of Keenan's car. I won't detail what he did to stop Keenan and his buddy. Wew! Roy had a very busy day, and now is enjoying some singing with Sons of the Pioneers. ........ It's a pretty crazy story, so you will have to just accept somethings. Also, remember it's been chopped down from its original length, which sometimes works against understanding the story. See it at YouTube.
