- Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
- The absence of stagecoaches and covered wagons didn't keep director Joseph H. "Wagon Wheel" Lewis from employing his usual camera set-ups of shooting scenes from behind and through various props and fixtures, and the inclusion of a polo game enabled him to get his usual "hitching post" shot, in addition to shooting over and through automobile hood ornaments, champagne bottles, balloons and mirror reflections. The source that dubbed this one in the "musical" genre obviously never saw the film, as there are no songs and only a rinky-dink piece of music used at the Officer's Club dance. This one is about a gang of independent spies after a cigar-shaped device that guarantees accuracy on artillery and large weapons. The spies are headed by Paul Douglas, Jean Bruce and Frank Denton, while Captain Todd Hayden is the protector of the device, and in love with the Colonel's daughter, Elaine Burdette. Most of the action is placed at the Presido in Montery and most of it revolves around the outcome of a polo match between the Cavalry team and a civilian team called "The Rainbows", which star player Hayden has to throw in order to catch the spies.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- The new top-secret CQ rotating machine gun is demonstrated in target practice by cavalry captains Todd Hayden and Robert Scott. After returning to his Washington, D.C. apartment, Scott finds Mrs. Jean Bruce, a widow, steaming open an official letter. Moments later, Todd finds Scott dead, and military officials announce his demise as an accidental death. Colonel A. R. Bowen of Military Intelligence orders Todd to return to his regiment in Monterey to continue Scott's experiments and capture enemy agents. When he arrives in Monterey, Todd is immediately placed on the 19th Cavalry's polo team to even the odds for a game on which the whole regiment has wagered heavily. In addition, Todd reignites his old romance with Elaine Burdette, the daughter of the commanding officer, and meets Frank Denton, a friend of Mrs. Bruce's and leader of the opposing team. At a dinner dance, Todd leaves Elaine with Denton and turns his attentions to Mrs. Bruce. Corporal Timothy O'Reilly, who has been assigned to keep Todd in shape for the tournament, gets drunk while imbibing the liquor Mrs. Bruce pours for Todd. Feigning intoxication, Todd secures Denton's fingerprint. Suspecting Denton of a double-cross, Mrs. Bruce lends the army eight champion Argentine polo ponies to insure a victory. O'Reilly alerts Todd to suspicious movements by Denton and Mrs. Bruce, and an automobile chase ensues. Todd succeeds in capturing the chauffeur, who finally talks after being threatened with a firing squad. While the Cavalry plays the Rainbows at Meadowbrook Field, Todd forces Mrs. Bruce into revealing her scheme by allowing Denton to win. The fingerprints then reveal that Denton is a former machine gun sergeant who escaped from Leavenworth Prison in 1924. Soon after, Denton is found dead by Todd, who is taken prisoner, along with Elaine, by Mrs. Bruce and a confederate. While dismissing O'Reilly, Todd slips him the secret machine gun firing pin. With the improved machine gun, O'Reilly and post detective Don Mayhew prevent Mrs. Bruce and her captives from escaping in an airplane across the border.
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