Jane Pritchard sides with the Carsons in a generations-old feud which her family wages with the descendants of Wild Bill Carson, first United States Marshal of Carson Corners. Will Carson insists that a Pritchard killed his grandfather when the Marshal came into town on a marauding expedition led by The Hawk. Will maintains his grandfather had joined the gang to trap the leaders and a trigger-happy Pritchard had kept him from doing so. A crew from Signet Pictures comes to town to film the story of Wild Bill's life. Will is in love with Jane's sister, Marjorie but her banker-father opposes the match. Will and Marjorie argue, and she becomes infatuated with Bob Merritt, who is to co-star in the film with Evelyn Trent. Jane and Sheriff Clem Perkle get rid of Merritt by telling him the townspeople are going to ride him out of town on a rail. Movie director J. Wallace Rutledge agrees to let Will play the role of his grandfather...
Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
This was the first movie Gene Autry made in which his character name was not Gene.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
Pat O'Malley is credited as "Sam Pritchard" in the end credits, but he's only called Lem Pritchard.
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Quotes
[first lines]
[Jane brings flowers to Wild Bill Carson's grave]
Jane Pritchard:
Gosh, I wish I'da known Wild Bill. Will Carson:
You know, Janey, you're the first and only Pritchard to honor Granddad. Jane Pritchard:
Oh, why shouldn't I - he deserves it. Besides, I think it's just about time all this feuding stopped... and you could stop it if you were only half the man your Granddad was! See more »