Outlaws of the Plains
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe
Al "fuzzy" St. John
Patti Mccarty
Charles King
Karl Hackett
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Synopsis
After a voice, which claims to be the spirit of Chief Standing Pine, informs Fuzzy Q. Jones that he will find a big vein of gold thirteen paces due east of Cortez Rock, Fuzzy hurries there to investigate. He discovers some nuggets, but is accused of trespassing on the claim of Nord Finners. Finners then offers to sell Fuzzy his claim for $50,000. Fuzzy again consults Chief Standing Pine, who advises him to interest his friends in investing in the claim. When Fuzzy reveals his intention of sending for his old friend, Billy Carson, to share in his good fortune, Chief Standing Pine tries to persuade Fuzzy that Billy is "bad medicine." Unknown to Fuzzy, the voice he hears really belongs to a member of a gang that Billy ran out of Dodge City. Hurrying to Fuzzy's side, Billy evades the ambush that the gang sets for him. Meanwhile, Fuzzy tries to raise the money to buy Finners' claim. Because Fuzzy is reputed to know the future, all the ranchers apply for loans on their land. Billy is skeptical of Fuzzy's story, especially when he learns that all the neighboring ranchers are planning to mortgage their land to buy the claim. Later, Reed, one of the ranchers, sees "Chief Standing Pine" sneak into Fuzzy's storeroom and speak to him through a hidden tube. The other gang members spot Reed and kill him before he can reveal their secret. Billy discovers Reed's body and chases and captures the killer, who divulges the scheme. Billy then sneaks into the storeroom, planning to dissuade Fuzzy and his friends from giving Finners their money, but is knocked unconscious by one of the gang. When the sheriff arrives at Fuzzy's cabin, Billy, who is now conscious, gets his attention, and they chase after Finners and the rest of the gang. After a shootout, the money is recovered, and Billy explains that the gold Fuzzy found on Finners' land was planted there. The townspeople are disappointed that they will not be rich, but just then, a railroad man arrives and offers to buy the land for $150,000, and Fuzzy's prediction of wealth is fulfilled.
Director
Sam Newfield
Cast
Buster Crabbe
Al "fuzzy" St. John
Patti Mccarty
Charles King
Karl Hackett
Jack O'shea
Bud Osborne
Budd Buster
Roy Brent
Slim Whitaker
John L. Cason
Crew
Elmer Clifton
A. Fredric Evans
Jack Greenhalgh
Ray Mercer
Sigmund Neufeld
Stanley Neufeld
Elden Ruberg
Bert Sternbach
Holbrook N. Todd
Lee Zahler
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Notes
The film's working title was Outlaw of the Plains. For more information about the "Billy Carson" series, see the above entry for Devil Riders and consult the Series Index.
