Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder. Crooked lawyer Samuel Creech frames a murder on The Tonto Kid and them enlists the aid of a circus performer, Nancy Cahill, to pose as the missing daughter of cattle-rancher Rance Cartwright. The Kid, aided by young Wesley Fritch and a reformed-Nancy, manages to prove his own innocence while putting an end to Creech's crooked scheme. For the record, 'tonto' is the Spanish word for stupid. So why did Hollywood call the Lone Ranger's sidekick Tonto?! And, why would they put Rex Bell (the husband of Clara Bow) in a film where he plays the Tonto Kid?! Duh! <br/><br/>The Tonto Kid is a bit of a troublemaker. While he's been able to avoid serious legal problems, he's certainly NOT a popular guy. At the same time, old man Cartright s dying and vows to give his ranch to his granddaughter, Edna May–who he's never seen. Well, the same sleazy lawyer who has defended Tonto during some of his legal troubles hatches a really diabolical plan (EVEN FOR A LAWYER!)–to introduce a pretend Edna May to the old man and steal the ranch! But it gets much worse–the lawyer is a REAL cockroach and murder isn't even beyond this dirt-bag. Can the Tonto Kid put a stop to this jerk's schemes? <br/><br/>On the plus side, there is no singing–the bane of many B-westerns! And, the film makes lawyers look horrible–another plus (and, while I'm thinking about it, reason to also watch "Jurassic Park"). But the film also is pretty unremarkable and slight–and one you'll soon forget. The film was the first of a proposed series of six set to star Rex Bell, Ruth Mix and Buzz Barton for the 1934-35 production season(September through August) and was to be followed by "Gunsmoke", "Rodeo Rustlers" "Roped", "Riders of the Law" and "The Lumber Hawk" as the announced titles. But only three more were actually filmed; "Gun Fire". "Fighting Pioneers" and "Saddle Aces" before Resolute closed shop. Mannon/Resolute also announced, at the same time of the proposed six Bell-Mix-Barton westerns, that "Sky Fighters"–-The Greatest Air Serial Ever Filmed" was "in preparation, but those 12 episodes and two of the Bell-Mix-Barton westerns never saw the light of day.
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