The Sombrero Kid (1942)

A wellacted wellpaced entry in the Don Red Barry Western series from Republic Pictures The Sombrero Kid featured the diminutive Barry as Jerry Holden the apparent son and heir of veteran lawman Tom Holden Robert Homans But when Holden Sr is killed by one of Banker Martins Joel Friedkin gang of claim jumpers Jerry learns that his real father was Bart Clanton a notorious bandit killed by Marshal Holden who then raised the orphaned boy as his own