Where the West Begins (1938)

Lynne Reed Jack Mannings fiancée is stagestruck and wants to go to New York for a career She is encouraged in this delusion that she is a great actress by Barnes who offers to buy her ranch cheaply of course so she can have enough money to get to the Big City Barnes has Jack thrown into jail on a trumpedup charge of cattle rustling and organizes a lynching party to get Jack permanently out of the way Things get more complicated when Buzz Jacks pal discovers the secret of Lynnes ranch How he engineers Jacks escape and how they save Lynne adds suspense to a surprise climax