Riding West (1944)

Steve Jordan (Charles Starrett) is hired by Alexander Morton (Steve Clark) as the head man to get the stations, horses and people in order to provide a mail service from California to MIssouri .His job becomes harder when a gang of bandits , in fear of losing control of a lawless area they control, led by Amos Karnes (Wheeler Oakman.) He also finds Morton's daughter Alice (Shirley Patterson) very attractive.