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Charles Grey (Charles King) is about to be released from prison, & he is
still the only one who knows where a quarter of a million worth of the
gouvernment's gold is hidden away from his last heist. So the trio known as the
Texas Rangers - Tex (Tex Ritter), Dave (Dave O'Brien) & Panhandle (Guy
Wilkerson) - decide to smuggle one of them - Panhandle - into jail to befriend
with Charles ... & indeed, Panhandle soon becomes Charles' best mate, they
become so close that one night, Charles secretly paints the map leading to the
gold onto Panhandle's foot ... without Panhandle knowing of course. Once
outside, Charles & Panhandle meet up with Charles' old partner in crime
Steve (Jack Ingram) & gang in Ruby's (Kay Hughes) saloo, & they discuss
unearthing the gold (with Panhandle, still unbeknowest to himself, being the
only lead to it). It soon becomes clear that Steve is trying to pul a fast one
on Charles, but when Charles kills a doctor (Karl Hackett) who has just
removed a scar that could identify him, it turns out that he is no angel
neither. Tex & Dave try to arrest Charles for murder, but Steve &
gang, still keen on retrieving Charles' gold, guard his & Panhandle's back. Then
though, Panhandle washes his feet, throws away his old socks. Everything
seems to be lost when a cowboy finds & keeps the socks, ignorant to their
meaning (there is an imprint of the map on one of them). So soon everybod is
huning for Panhandle's sock (& Charles & Steve get it too), & it is
found out Ruby's saloon is bzuilt exactly above the gold's hiding place. &
while Charles goes digging in Ruby's cellar, Steve & his men just sit
back wait for the gold, determined to shoot Charles once he has found it
... but enter the rangers, who fight the villains & soon arrest them. Only
Charles can get away with Panhandle's help,. the gold tucked tightly under his
arm ... but Panhandle can trick him ino hiding away right inside a prison cell
... Rather mediocre series-Western that shows little in respect of
originality or inventiveness ... but heroes & villains hunting after a pair
of dirty socks, that's at least worth a chuckle or 2. The Texas Rangers
by the
way were one of the many cowboy-trios that cropped up as B-Western-series
following the success of the Three
Mesquiteers. Their original lineup thugh consisted of Jim Newill,
Dave O'Brien & Guy Wilkerson, Tex Ritter didn't replace Newill 'till
picture # 15.
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