Desert Trail, Paradise Canyon, Rainbow Valley

John Scott (John Wayne) is a rodeo rider, assisted by his buddy Kansas Charlie (Eddy Chandler). But while the duo is settling a debt with their promoter, Farnsworth (Henry Hall), thieves Pete (Al Ferguson) and Jim (Paul Fix) murder and rob Farnsworth and manage to pin the crimes on John and Charlie. The accused then flee, assume two new identities, take up with a shopkeeper named Anne (Mary Kornman) and set out to clear their names and bring the real killers to justice.
John Wyatt, a government agent, is tasked with stopping a counterfeiting operation near the Mexican border. To find the culprit, he goes undercover and joins Doc Carter’s travelling medicine show.
John Martin, an undercover government agent, agrees to build a new road in Rainbow Valley. When his former cellmate Butch Galt threatens the project, John outfoxes him and takes out his entire gang.