Someone is setting homesteaders and ranchers against each other to start a range war. Marshal Steve Collins, aka the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), investigates and finds clues pointing to more than one suspect. Some evidence implicates the local attorney, though his daughter blames the banker instead. Steve is also aided by Smiley (Smiley Burnette), who sings some songs, as do Ozie Waters and the Colorado Rangers. There’s a good mystery in this series entry, with the surprising identity of the actual culprit concealed until nearly the very end.

  Recommended. Otto finds this one pleasing enough to relax.

Movie 332 for 2021.