Rocky Lane Western #13

An undercover marshal named Rocky Lane arrives in Fry Gulch to investigate a string of sheriff murders that always precede a wave of robberies, with his rookie partner Randy posing as official law to draw out the killers. When a gang strikes the local gold mine, Rocky must stay hidden long enough to identify the mastermind behind the slayings—a mission that gets complicated when dangerous criminals start taking notice of the newcomers in town.

Slim Pickens thinks he knows everything, so when his exasperated friend Hank corners him at the general store looking for help with a crossword puzzle, it's the perfect setup for a comedy of misunderstandings. As Slim fumbles through questions about U.S. wars, animals, and household problems with spectacularly wrong answers, Hank's patience wears thinner and thinner. This 1950 frontier romp is pure silly fun—a battle of wits where one man is decidedly unarmed.

Rocky Lane takes on a gang of clever rustlers who've traded their usual cattle theft for a far more brazen scheme—posing as the county tax collector to rob ranchers blind. When the real tax collector vanishes and someone starts collecting taxes on a different horse, Rocky smells a con and sets out to track down the imposters before they strike again. What begins as a missing-person investigation turns into a dangerous mountain chase that lands Rocky in the rustlers' hideout and face-to-face with their ruthless leader.

Rocky Lane finds himself caught between a vengeful fired hand and a missing corpse in this frontier mystery. When Tod Walcott shoots down Bret at his general store, Rocky arrives too late to prevent the killing—but when he tries to make an arrest, the body vanishes, leaving him without the proof he needs to hold his suspect. As Rocky works to track down Bret's remains, a pair of highway robbers and Tod's own desperate scheme threaten to turn the case into something far more dangerous than a simple murder.

Gopherface learns a painful lesson about keeping his life savings in an unconventional place when an unattended branding iron turns his hiding spot into a disaster in this quick, slapstick Western tale.

Whitey Whiskers takes a simple job minding Lem Hopkins's general store for fifty cents, but gets stuck headfirst in a cracker barrel while helping himself to snacks—right as two thieves spot the perfect opportunity to rob the till. Trapped and desperate, Whitey has to get creative to stop the crooks before they make off with Hopkins's cash.

Two-Brand Bentley's horse-thieving gang puts a cunning plan into motion: posing as blacksmiths on an isolated trail, they'll steal a herd of prize quarter horses from the Diamond D and use a clever ruse to erase their tracks—until Rocky Lane, the two-fisted Undercover Marshal, stumbles onto their operation and begins unraveling the scheme. With Black Jack at his side, Rocky must use his wits and his gun to catch the rustlers before they vanish with the stolen broncs.