| John Wayne stars as US Marshal Travers. Hoping to flush out a mysterious outlaw chief, who goes by the title; The Shadow. Travers becomes the town sheriff, where several unsolved murders have occurred. Co-starring Yakima Canutt, as Travers Indian companion, Yak. |  |
| Travers and Yak have just met up. They are seen here moving the canoe away from the river. Travers brought along an extra horse for Yak. They will be heading into town, shortly. |
| The stagecoach is being ambushed by two members of the Shadow's gang. Travers and Yak are a short distance off and see it happen. They are to far away to stop it. |  |
| Travers has just arrived to the town. He tells the new sheriff about the stagecoach robbery. And then all of a sudden, the new sheriff is shot and killed. Travers volunteers to be the new sheriff. |
| Travers and Yak are watching the two stagecoach riders, come into the town. They are heading off to talk to the shadow. |  |
 | Travers has just arrived at the town's committee chairman's house. He is seen visiting with the chairman and his niece. Who just arrived on the stagecoach that was robbed early. |
| Travers and Yak have followed the stage coach robbers out of town. Travers is seen here chasing, and will capture one of the robbers. |  |
 | Travers is seen taking one of the robbers outside, he is using the robber to lure the Shadow into the open. |
| The town's chairman's cook, is seen her talking to the chairman's niece. He is explaining to her, the chairman is not her real uncle. The chairman had her uncle and father killed, then he replace her uncle. |  |
 | The crooks are making a run into town to destory. Travers has gathered up a posse, and now they have the crooks on the run. |
| Travers and Yak have just now captured the Shadow. They discover the town's chairman was the Shadow all along. The End. |  |