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Tim McCoy plays Federal Bureau Agent "Lightning Bill Carson" hot on the trail of ambushers who held up a train an got away with a half-million dollars worth of government bonds.

Julie Sheldon is the pretty lady in distress.

Tim McCoy was considered one of the fastest guns in Hollywood, and his films always had plenty of gun-play. "Straight Shooter" is an excellent example of what a true "shoot 'em up" western should be... lots of action, an actual plot, an element of mystery, a beautiful girl, and the subliminal "the good guy always wins" message, which in those days was mandatory due to the Hayes office stating "No motion picture can portray a criminal going unpunished".

Tim McCoy today is nearly forgotten, but in his day, his name was right up there with Gene Autry, Tom Mix, and Roy Rogers.

An ambulance picks up a debutante lying on the sidewalk in front of a nightclub with a shard of glass in her heart. Unfortunately... the territory the nightclub is in is outside the jurisdiction of Blair General Hospital, and lawsuits soon arrive...

As with the other films in the Kildare series, this excellent entry has several sub-plots that initially seem unconnected, but still seem to play off each other through out the course of the film.

Watch early in the film for the cigarette rolling contest between Dr. gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and his always adversarial.. but loving watchdog... head nurse.

Overall, this, as with all films in in the series, are well done, and make enjoyable viewing for all.