Rose of the Rancho (1936)

It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union Most of the landowners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a longdead Spanish king But by a loophole in the law the titledeeds of the Dons could not be recognized and this opened the door of organized gangs of landgrabbers such as the one led by Joe Kincaid to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation Then Rosita Castro the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro masked and disguised as a man organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws aided by an undercover federal agent Jim Kearney