Jack McClendon

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.

L'histoire est celle du raid de Doolittle mené par des avions américains sur Tokyo durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en 1942. Le titre du film vient de la durée du raid dont on a dit qu'il ne dura que 30 secondes. On estime qu'il dura en réalité environ 6 minutes. Le film est tiré du livre "Trente secondes sur Tokyo" écrit par Ted W. Lawson, pilote qui participa au raid

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw