The Road Agent

A poignant domestic drama unfolds against a Western backdrop as the ailing Mrs. Worth, clinging to the hope of her long-lost son Roger's return, becomes the unwitting pawn in a calculated deception. A manipulative opportunist, observing the striking resemblance between a drifter known as the Kansas Kid and the missing heir, orchestrates a scheme to install the Kid as a proxy Roger, all with the insidious goal of seizing the Worth family ranch. However, this cynical ploy encounters an unforeseen complication: the Kansas Kid, confronted with Mrs. Worth's genuine vulnerability and affection, experiences a profound crisis of conscience, ultimately refusing to complete the fraudulent transaction. The carefully constructed charade then collapses spectacularly with the truly dramatic, and inconvenient, arrival of the real Roger Worth, throwing the entire illicit enterprise into disarray and forcing a confrontation of identities and allegiances.