For his first Western at RKO, Tom Keene took on outlaws and a headstrong heiress. He stars s the foreman of a prosperous ranch whose owner has just died. When the owner's daughter shows up, hoping to sell the spread quickly, she learns that she must live at the ranch with Keene as her foreman for five years or the whole estate goes to Keene. Her resentment and dislike of cowboys sets the stage of a series of romantic confrontations complicated boyfriend Hooper Atchley's attempts to scare her off so he can buy the place at a steal and outlaw chief Stanley Blystone, out to plunder the land for himself. Keene would make 12 Westerns for RKO over three years before leaving to pursue more varied roles. Leading lady Marion Schilling had started out at MGM but soon found herself consigned to low-budget Westerns, starting with Sundown Trail. Although her horsemanship in this film is decidedly lacking, when she realized Westerns were going to comprise the main part of her career, she learned how to ride and became a Saturday matinee favorite opposite stars like Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Rex Bell and Hoot Gibson.

By Frank Miller