When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (
Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones (
Pat Buttram) but decides instead to help Anne Lawson (
Gloria Henry) clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson (
Steve Darrell), of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary (
Robert Livingston), who shoots witness Pop Roberts (
Tom London). Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>