Frontiers of 49 (1939)

In California in 1848 Brunton through his stooge Sheriff is evicting the Mexicans from their ranches Major John Freeman and his troops arrive to investigate Keeping his troops hidden and appearing out of uniform he takes up the fight against Brunton He helps a rancher who has been evicted before his taxes were due only to find him murdered and this leads to the showdown between Bruntons men and the soldiers