Fern Hall

Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.

After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.

A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.

En 1865, Sally Maris rejoint son frère Bill qui tient le saloon de Border City, mais Bill est tué par Lance Horton qu'il menaçait. Pour payer les dettes de son frère, Sally est obligée de diriger le saloon. Elle se bat avec Kate Quantrill, la femme du chef de guerre, et affronte celle-ci dans un duel au revolver qu'elle remporte. Lorsque les Nordistes investissent la ville, Sally cache Kate et Lance Horton, qui en réalité est un capitaine sudiste.