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(1941, Ellkay) Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, Buzzy Henry, George Morrell. A rancher is shot while looking over a remote part of his property. The dying rancher tells of seeing a black phantom pinto when he was shot. What is the secret of Black Mountain Cut, the area where the rancher was shot? Dave and Buzz try to find out. 16mm.

A crazed scientist calling himself The Voice from the Sky broadcasts his voice all across the globe, and threatens to suspend all energy in the earth's atmosphere and turn day into night unless the world immediately destroys all arms and vehicles of warfare. U. S. Secret Service agent Jack Deering is sent to Arizona to investigate, where he meets the scientist's daughter Jean. The ten-episode battle then ensues between Deering, a spy for the Russian government, an agent from Scotland Yard, and a mysterious cloaked "Man from Nowhere," who pursue each other from Canada to California in the attempt to acquire the "secret of the air."

Horses are being rustled by outlaws known as the Hell Hounds. When the Sheriff is killed, his Deputy Yak takes over the search for the rustlers. John Lawson says Yak cannot marry his daughter until the murderer of the Sheriff is caught. But unknown to Lawson, the murderer is his own son.

Bank clerk Vincent Forrest (Edward Earle) loses his savings in a gambling den run by Madame Zoe (Hedda Hopper) and her provider, Van Merton (Ward Crane). Forrest's wife Ann (Marjorie Daw) begins an affair with Merton when she discovers that Forrest is infatuated with Madame Zoe. Ann loses heavily gambling, but Vincent soon realizes what is happening in time to save his wife and to restore her happiness.

During a feud between sheep-men and cattle ranchers, Sheriff Richards is murdered by a man with the ace of spades tattooed on his arm. Chick Richards returns from college upon learning of his father's death and impresses the townspeople as a foppish "dude" with no interest in avenging the murder. Soon after Chick's return, a mysterious, white-robed figure appears in town, fighting for the rights of the oppressed sheep-men. Black Morgan, the leader of the cattlemen, attacks Alice Norris, Chick's former sweetheart, and the White Rider appears, besting Morgan in a brutal fight. The mysterious stranger then removes his robe, reveals himself to be Chick, and arrests Morgan, who has the ace of spades tattooed on his arm. Afterward, Alice and Chick are married.

Yak arrives at the Gilmore ranch where rustling has occurred. Gilmore blames a wild horse when it is actually his foreman Mays. After Yak catches and tames the wild horse, Mays gets Yak out of the way by having him arrested for murder. Mays and his men can now make one last raid.

Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.

Drew Halliday, stage driver, is abashed when the little girl he admires returns from finishing school a beautiful young woman. When a sporty gambler and saloon keeper forces his attentions on the young lady, Drew comes to her defense. Because of his courageous handling of the gambler, Drew is elected sheriff. He acquires more responsibility when he takes Hela for his wife after her father dies. Soon afterward her brother is jailed for a murder that the gambler committed. The gambler again makes advances toward Hela: this time he is caught by his own girl, who in a rage shoots him. Hela is accused of the killing; Drew takes the blame; but when the woman confesses all, the innocent are freed.

A miner has struck it rich and gives some ore to cowhand Jess Dean to take to his granddaughter. But Horse Williams has the miner shot and uses the ore found on Jess to accuse him of the murder. Jess escapes from the mob of townspeople who later learn that the body of the supposedly dead miner has mysteriously disappeared.

John Murdock, haunted by the memory of what he believes to have been an unrequited love, neglects his work, resulting in a disastrous train wreck. Following his termination, John goes in search of the woman responsible for his downfall. Meanwhile in New York City, Mary Stanhope remains silent during her divorce hearing until the judge awards custody of their child to her husband. She then discloses a story of disloyalty, cruelty, and abuse, which compels the judge to reverse his decision. Later, Mary takes a trip to the Adirondack Mountains and encounters the destitute John, who recognizes her as the woman he loved and lost. When he attempts to kill her child, Mary reveals that John is the father. The child's charm inspires John to reform, leading to his reconciliation with Mary.

Willis, the foreman of the Saunders ranch, derisively bets Dick Meadows that he cannot ride the wild horse, Killer. Dick succeeds in staying on the bronc and wins a considerable sum from Willis, in whose company he sets out for the town bank. Randall, a bandit hired by Willis, waylays them, but Dick routs him. Willis later lures Betty to Randall's home, holds her there against her will, and sends the bandit for a minister. Betty sends a message to Dick by means of her trained horse, and Dick rescues her, thrashing Willis while she clouts Randall with a chair. The minister arrives, and Dick whispers to him that he will probably need his services in the near future.

Happy Hanes, a ranch hand, comes between a crooked foreman and the new ranch owner Frances Powell. The foreman and his "half-breed" accomplice Cholo kidnap Frances.

Clay Norton and Duke Fuller are partners in a mining venture and have several claims, none of which have proved particularly successfully but do have promise. They are both in love with Agnes, and Clay wins her hand. While he is away in a nearby town to buy a wedding ring, Jim Butts, who has the territory's best mine, dies and Duke jumps his claim and sells it for $10,000, and the widow Butts is left penniless. When Clay, on his return, finds out what Duke has done, he demands his partnership share of $5,000 and tells Duke that they should see the widow and give her the money to go East so she will cause them no trouble. They visit her together and Clay tells her he will give her $5,000 and forces Duke to do the same. Overcome with the shock of the good fortune, the widow faints, and Duke, furious at being tricked, rushes from the cabin and meets Agnes, who is on her way to meet Clay. He takes her to the door of the cabin where she sees the widow Butts in the arms of her sweetheart. Misunderstanding the situation and being told by Duke that Clay is unfaithful to her, she breaks off their engagement.

Silas Warner, Jr., playboy son of a wealthy New York broker, is disinherited and sent from home by his father when he assumes the blame for a near-theft committed by his brother, Archie. In a western mining community, he is inducted into the "Ornery and Worthless Men of the World," a fraternity of fortune seekers, and a compromising situation forces him to marry Sally Bleeker. Sally is sent away to finishing school when her father dies; there she meets Louise, Silas' sister; and the girls become pals. While visiting the Warner home, Sally recognizes Silas, Jr.'s, picture, and when her miner-guardians come to New York to bring her home, there is a final meeting of the order and a happy reconciliation of Silas with his family.

"Hurricane" Smith (Francis Ford), head of a steamship company, plots to keep the railroad from entering the city. The map of the proposed route becomes the instrument by which Blake (Frank Baker) and Florence (Florence Gilbert) are harassed by Smith's gang and repeatedly are rescued by "Pinto Pete," (Ashton Dearholt) who is adept with a whip.

A rancher is forced to give up his ranch, and later finds himself accused of the murder of the new owner. To complicate matters, he is in love with the sister of the murdered owner, but she won't have anything to do with him because she thinks he killed her brother. He sets out to find the real killer, clear his name and win the love of the man's sister.

Richard Stanton, with a map to a hidden treasure, arrives with his servant Tim. Others are also looking for it and plan to kill the two. The ranch is supposedly haunted so Richard and Tim team up with Elsa and dress as ghosts to scare away the bad guys.

Slim Ranthers objects to the development of an irrigation project on his ranch and incurs the enmity of those involved in it. Max Underly, Slim's rival for the affections of Bess Livingston, has Slim unjustly accused of cattle rustling. Since the accusation does not deter Slim, Max and his men ambush him at night, wounding him in the arm. Slim eventually defeats Max and wins the affections of Bess.

A naive young girl becomes infatuated with a crooked city slicker. A cowboy who loves her is determined to expose the crook for what he is.

"Mad" Vic Dyson owns a ranch, through which, unknown to him, a railroad is forced to route its right-of-way. Dayton Keever, a local cattle baron who speculates in real estate, hires the Madden gang to drive Vic off the land. Madden's men stampede Vic's cattle and cut off his water supply, but he holds firm. Vic is then responsible for an accident to Keever's secretary, Neva, that leaves her blind, and he takes the girl in when she is deserted by her fiancé. Bitten by remorse for the girl's blindness, Vic sells his cattle to Keever and deeds his ranch to Neva, with whom he has fallen in love. He then rides off to a showdown with Keever, killing several of Madden's men on the way. He fights Keever and throws him from a bridge into a swift river. Neva, who has recovered from her blindness, rides up and begs Vic to save Keever's life. After Vic pulls the cattle baron from the water, Neva tells him that the railroad has offered $50,000 for his former land and offers to share her good fortune with him on a permanent basis.

A war veteran gets a job on a ranch, but the foreman takes a dislike to him because the owner's daughter falls for him. Things start to look bad for the new cowboy when a calf is found shot dead and he is suspected of doing it, and a letter arrives for him from a woman claiming to be his abandoned wife.