Felix E Feist's western stars Randolph Scott as Major Ransome Callicutt, a US agent sent to Los Angeles to investigate rumours of Southern California seceding. Posing as a schoolteacher, he finds romance with fellow teacher Lora Roberts and in his rival in love, Roy Giles, an army officer, a possible lead to uncovering the plot.
The Man Behind the Gun is a Film programme that first aired in 1953 and has been classified a U certificate.
