⁣U.S. Foreign Service officer matches wits with a Chinese warlord to try to save American citizens threatened with execution.

⁣A cowboy seeks his justice, and takes some time out for romance.

⁣Bill Maywood, posing as The Pinto Kid, is an undercover agent for Wells Fargo, sent to investigate stagecoach hold-up in the area. He meets and falls in love with Bess Wilson, daughter of local rancher George Wilson, whom he is falsely accused of murdering. Henry Jethrow, the town banker, is mixed up in stagecoach robbing, cattle-rustling and land-grabbing activities, is also in love with Bess, and threatens to foreclose on the Wilson ranch if Bess resists his unwanted advances. Bill, now a wanted fugitive, and Bess cook up a scheme to pay off the mortgage, and also allow Bill to uncover the real culprit.

⁣ Cattlemen's Protective Association agent Tom Wade and his partner Happy are assigned to look into the disappearance of rancher John Carroll, who has been abducted by Carson, who wants to use his out-of-the-way ranch as a base for his smuggling operations. Complications arise as Carrol's daughter, Rita, looking for him, has an unfriendly run-in with Wade, then later is herself kidnapped by Carson.

⁣In the opening scene Roy as a boy philosophizes about marriage to his girl friend then sees his dad gunned down by bad guys who want to drive out the ranchers by cutting off their water.