A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.

A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.

A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.