Harry Sherman was one of Hollywood's top Western producers, working independently then releasing his films through United Artists or, as in this case, Paramount. His most famous pictures were the Hopalong Cassidy films, which started in 1934, but he also produced individual films often labeled "B plus" for their high production values. This time out, he dramatizes the opening up of the Cherokee Strip, though the reason given here is to drive out outlaw gangs hiding out there. Supposedly this is all for the benefit of the Native population, though none of them appear in this film. Richard Dix, one of the best actors ever to strap on a pair of six guns, represents the law as the recently appointed Marshal of Goliath, OK. Working against him is Victor Jory, the town banker who's secretly laundering his family's criminal gains. And just to spice things up, Dix's and Jory's families have been engaged in a feud since they both lived in Texas. Sherman used actors like Dix and Jory and directors like Lesley Selander repeatedly. Their presence gives the film a drive and purpose that belie its low budget.

By Frank Miller