In Old Caliente

California is part of the United States and settlers are coming in from the east. But the old Spanish land grant dons in the person of Frank Puglia fear their time is passing. Matters are not improved when a gang of marauders steal his cattle when they drive them to market and his gold when he sends it out. He does not realize that half-breed Jack La Rue has been keeping the bandits up to date on his wealth's movement. The only gringo he trusts is Roy Rogers, but the coming of a new batch of gringos led by Gabby Hayes, and his niece Lynne Roberts looks like it will set off a pwoder keg.

This early Roy Rogers western has some good songs, a mix of Mexican-infused music as wlel as a few more typical western tunes. It also offers a balanced view of the issues of newcomers versus the settled powers than is standard for what people perceive of as typical B westerns of the period. Joe Kane directs ably and cameraman William Nobles shoots the California coast well. With Katherine DeMille, Paul Marion, and Ethel Wales.