When George Ward (Ralph Graves), the manager of a traveling circus, learns of a ranch sitting on valuable real estate left to his boss, Nancy Evans (Carole Landis), he attempts to force her to sell it to him cheaply by manufacturing a series of accidents to bankrupt the business. Ward will stop at nothing to get the property, but luckily Evans happens to cross paths with the Three Mesquiteers (John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune), who attempt to save her, the circus and the ranch.