Summary
In 'The Cowboy Cop,' Arizona cowpuncher Jerry McGill, seeking work in Los Angeles, finds himself robbed and stranded. He befriends a newsboy named Frankie, who helps him secure a job as a mounted policeman. Jerry's career takes a thrilling turn when he thwarts a robbery at a wealthy heiress's home. A complex web of deception unfolds as Jerry, Virginia, and Frankie navigate a dangerous plot involving a crooked companion and hired thugs. Romance and action intertwine as Jerry pursues and captures the criminals, leading to a dramatic resolution at the heiress's ranch.
Synopsis
Jerry McGill, an Arizona cowpuncher, arrives in Los Angeles, is robbed by a stranger in a taxi, and is stranded. He is befriended by Frankie, a newsboy, who buys his dinner and becomes his pal. Jerry joins the police force as a mounted policeman and, while patrolling a wealthy residential district, thwarts a holdup perpetrated on heiress Virginia Selby by her companion, Count Mirski, who has hired two crooks. To Frankie's sorrow, Jerry and Virginia become fast friends. She invites Jerry to a dinner party, where the count plots to rob the Selby safe; but when Virginia interrupts the crooks she is kidnapped. Jerry, warned by Frankie's dog, pursues the crooks in a car; when ditched, he follows on a motorcycle and subdues the count and his men. Virginia's father invites Jerry to his ranch, and he is united with Virginia.
