Johnny Mack Brown is the owner of a ranch whose lessees have been systematically murdered, the last just as Johnny comes back to the area after a long absence. It is clear that someone is killing them, and other ranchers, too, in an effort to gain control of the valley. Johnny spots a masked rider fleeing the scene of the killing, and there seem to be a couple possible villains, though later developments make the identity of the masked rider fairly obvious. Johnny deploys a good trick to try to catch the villain, although the arrival of another character foils this plan; a couple incidents involving that character create additional suspicion, too. Fun.

  Recommended. Otto finds this one pleasing enough to relax.

Movie 475 for 2021.