The Last Roundup (1934)

Randolph Scott plays Jim Cleve one of several volunteers keeping the USMexican border safe on behalf of American settlers Ostensibly the hero Cleve is actually outheroed by the films nominal villain outlaw leader Jack Kells Monte Blue It is Kells who brings about the storys happy ending sacrificing his own life to ensure the blissful future of young lovers Cleve and Joan Randall Barbara Fritchie