The hero must solve the murder of his benefactor within six months in order to inherit a valuable ranch.

A ranch foreman captures a notorious gang of gold thieves. He ties them up and leaves them for a pursuing posse while he goes out to find the gold they stole. When the posse arrives, the gang's leader convinces them that the foreman is actually the gold thief, and the posse sets out in pursuit of him.

Addicted to heavy gambling and strong alcohol, Bert Granger owns a saloon in which his children, Benny and pretty Alice, entertain the patrons. One night, The Stranger interferes in a drunken quarrel and becomes involved in a bitter fight, from which he emerges victorious. He is strongly attracted to Alice, and he strikes up a conversation while, at the gambling table, her father is being cheated ...

Silent western. Bud Steele, a lawyer from the East, goes on vacation to the mountains of the West. There he meets Caroline Wells, an heiress who undergoes the advances of Edward Hurley, a dowry hunter. Hurley plans a fake kidnapping, intending to arrive in time to save Caroline and look like a hero. But it is Bud who arrives first to come to her rescue. Later, Hurley tries to implicate Bud in a mu...

Landis kills Tom Ross but fails to get his money. Now he is after the Ross ranch for the money he knows is there. When he tries to evict Ross with gambling IOU's, Bill drives him away. With the Ross cowhands out after his rustlers, he finds the money. But Bill is right on his trail.

Buddy Roosevelt, a notorious bandit known as the "Phantom," and his doppelgänger, drifter Jeff McCloud. Bull manages to throw suspicion on Jeff but is himself killed by Jim Breed (John Junior).