This film essentially begins with "the Cisco Kid" (Cesar Romero) and his faithful sidekick "Gordito" (Chris-Pin Martin) observing a man driving a covered wagon down a dusty trail in the middle of nowhere. Naturally, being the outlaws that they are, their first thought is to ride up on the wagon and steal the horses away from him. However, before they can act on that impulse, they hear a shot ring out from a distance and notice the man slump over from the impact of the bullet. Racing down to claim the horses, they suddenly come face-to-face with another man who--after denying he fired his rifle--offers his assistance to the seriously wounded man. Although quite suspicious of this stranger, the Cisco Kid's thoughts are suddenly distracted by Gordito's startling announcement that he found a young baby inside the covered wagon. Seconds later, the dying man produces the deed to a gold mind and, after tearing it into three pieces, distributes one to the three men kneeling over him--in exchange for their promise to take care of his young baby. And then, just as all three men agree, the man dies. Not long afterward, being the cold-blooded thief that he is, Jim Harbison decides to double-cross the two men standing in front of him. What he doesn't realize, however, is who he is dealing with--and from that point on his life is going to become quite difficult. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that film turned out to be a pretty good addition to the Cisco Kid series with Cesar Romero performing quite well in the featured role. Likewise, having two attractive actresses like Marjorie Weaver (as "Julie Lawson") and Virginia Field ("Billie Graham") certainly didn't hurt the overall scenery either. Be that as it may, although this film is rather short and quite dated, it was still an enjoyable movie for the most part, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
