The Dude Goes West

Gunsmith and marksman Daniel Bone closes his Brooklyn, New York business and travels west, where he feels that he belongs. On a train, he encounters passenger Liza Crockett. After witnessing the theft of her purse, Dan confronts the thief, disarms him and throws off the train. The thief is a notorious outlaw called the Pecos Kid who vows revenge against "the dude" who interfered with his holdup.

Liza mistakenly believes that it was Dan who had tried to steal her bag. On their way to Arsenic City, Nevada, where a map to her father's gold mine might make Liza a wealthy woman, she rides with Dan in a buckboard. Indians capture them, but Dan's knowledge of their language impresses the tribe's chief.

After arriving in Arsenic City, the two encounter another outlaw, Texas Jack Barton, and a corrupt saloonkeeper, Kiki Kelly, who are both interested in the mine. Dan finds the map, memorizes it and burns it. He falls in love with Liza and leads her to the gold. When the outlaws ambush them, their new Indian friends ride to their rescue.

• Eddie Albert as Dan Bone
• Gale Storm as Liza Crockett
• Gilbert Roland as the Pecos Kid
• James Gleason as Sam Briggs
• Barton MacLane as Texas Jack
• Binnie Barnes as Kiki Kelly
• Sarah Padden as Mrs. Hulskamp

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