Rod Cameron Western #4

Hoghead Harry's got a bone to pick with Jim Cody, convinced the smooth-talking varmint is nothing but a two-faced snake who'll sweet-talk you to your face while stabbing you in the back—so naturally, Harry decides to take matters into his own hands with a rock. This quick frontier comedy from Rod Cameron Western #4 pokes fun at the kind of backbiting duplicity that makes a cowpoke see red.

Rod Cameron sets out across the drought-stricken range seeking supplies to build a floodgate on the beaver dams—a scheme to preserve water for desperate cattle—but the timberland trail proves far more dangerous than expected when the bushwacker Blue Jaw Jason strikes from ambush. After a brutal fight leaves Jason captured and headed for the sheriff's jail, the cunning renegade makes a desperate bid for freedom that forces Rod into a tense standoff to prevent bloodshed.

Rancher Rollins is eager to see his son's college report card, but when the young man finally hands it over, the rancher's disappointment turns to comedy when he discovers the real problem isn't the grades at all. This humorous Western tale finds a father and son at odds over an unexpected complaint about the report card itself.

Sheriff Sam gets word that the dangerous escaped prisoner Killer Kearns is headed his way, so he frantically places an ad for a deputy—only to interview a con artist who spins an increasingly ridiculous tale of his detective days back East. Just when Sam's patience reaches its breaking point, the joke's on him: the would-be deputy reveals he's actually from the Marshal's Office with news that Kearns has already been caught.

Hotshot Horace weighs in on a murder trial when a man accused of committing a crime in Prairie Corners claims he was miles away in Tall Pine City at the time—but Hotshot's logic about whether someone can be in two places at once takes a decidedly homesick turn. A quick, wry frontier gag that proves a cowpoke's heart (and mind) can wander even when his boots stay put.