While Betty Hobson prepares to compete in a shooting match at the Dorcey City Rodeo, her elderly father Ben gets into a crooked card game with gambler Bob Arnold and loses the deed to their ranch. When the old man discover... more »s the swindle, the Arnold gang frames him for murder, Ben makes a getaway and Betty's friend, rodeo champion Jim Carter, attempts to avert a miscarriage of justice by establishing the rancher's innocence.Trick rider and all-around athlete Kermit Maynard followed in his brother Ken's footsteps by becoming a Western star in the silent-movie days. Kermit's mid 1930s series for Maurice Conn's Ambassador Pictures boasted more than a dozen sturdily if modestly produced outdoor-action films set in the West and Northwest. Song of the Trail, a particularly interesting entry, was directed by prolific character actor Russell Hopton and featured former Paramount star Evelyn Brent in a key supporting role. - Ed Hulse« less