Tex Rittner! That old stoic country star, big in the thirties and went into the 60s. He plays an undercover Texas Ranger. Assigned to discover the Shady dealings of a particular Hacienda*. It seems everybody that's associated with them, is giving them half the cut of their entire finance or mysteriously ends up with an accident.
Old Tex been assigned to deal with this mystery. He goes about it a fairly clever way. Instead of just assigning himself on as a guard for the estate . he breaks into their main house pretending to be an outlaw, knowing that a shady Man by the name of Mr.Evans will try to utilise him for his own intent.
Now the Hacienda itself contains three key people: ''Don Esteban Valle'' the owner of the estate, Mr. Evans his financier and overall second-in-command And Lolita the daughter to the Don.
Now it's not quite certain if the Don himself is involved in the illegal activity. He may be an innocent bystander in all this who's being manipulated by Mr. Evans. Which is especially concerning when you consider that the Don wants his daughter to take a kind view or Mr Evans.
This is going to create a bigger problem later when Evans becomes jealous of Tex. Because Lolita takes an interest in Tax.
He even wants to have text wet by some of his other cronies. One of the men (With a fairly large black hat) proclaiming that; ''The man's all talk and show, you can't draw a gun quickly especially with that guitar around his arm.'' Unfortunately this man learns just how quick Tex can be . He's left humiliated beating on the floor. He wasn't even properly shot.
Now it seems things are going alright for Mr. Evans and for Tex as well. Mr.Evans has Tex shoot two gentleman who work in the mines and to make it look like the two of them shot each other. This would cause confusion and distrust within the mining community and make it easier to manipulate for financial gain. After this we get a strange wedding ceremony. With the character Lolita as the bride. But there doesn't seem to be a groom anywhere and it doesn't seem that she's actually getting married.
I'm not entirely sure if this is some sort of Spanish tradition but the whole thing confuses me. Now she and Tex are having a conversation, she tells him that he should leave at once because she believes the sheriff's are still looking for him. But then her father the Don catches the two of them talking, thinking that they're becoming an item. He becomes disgraced about Tex and tells him to leave his property forever. Mr Evans makes a point to have the Don killed so that he can blame it on Tex.
We cut to a courtroom where Tex is on the line for the murder of not just the Don, but the two minor gentleman as well . He states that he had no connection at all to the Don's murder and that he can prove his innocence with the two minor gentleman. As from behind the door the two men emerge. Fully alive with no injuries. With all this information they have everything they need to put Mr.Evans away. But it seems Mr.Evan would rather go out shooting (along with a few other men.) They all start pulling out guns and shooting one another in the courthouse. It's a strange thing to see a shootout in a courthouse. You wouldn't think (even in Western times) that you'd be allowed into a courthouse fully loaded to the teeth.
Luckily Tex survives in Mr.Evan does not. The film ends with Tex entering the house of Lolita and the two in-bracing in each others arms. It's not really that happy and ending when you consider her father's been killed. But I suppose small compensation makes up for everything.
Now the best thing about the movie or the musical segments. Tex Ritter will often break in to all kinds of Little jaunty songs.
*It's just the Spanish word for a large estate. Most of them were plantations under the Spanish Empire but a couple of them were mining operations cattle ranchers in the lake. Best of my knowledge none of these really exist anymore.
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