This is a fourth rate Z grade Western, coming long after TV had taken off and long after Z grade poverty row westerns had moved over to that medium, keeping Western fans and young boys busy on rainy Saturday afternoons. This is nearing the end of the line, too, for Republic Studios and its not quite shining star, the sincere but rather bland Vera Ralston.
I think the creators of Gunfire At Indian Gap tried to make a sincere message western about judging people out of prejudice. But due to time and budgetary constraints and Republic Pictures in its last days muddled the message.
At the Eldorado Relay Station of the Arizona Stageline Company, the stages from the north and the south are awaited by station agent Moran (Dan White as Daniel White), his wife (Sarah Selby), and their worker, Cheel (Vera Ralston.) Aboard the north-bound stage, which carries a money shipment, are stage driver Bill (Joe Yrigoyen), stage guard Ed Stewart (Steve Warren), passenger Jefferson, alias Pike (George Macready), and, hidden by a canvas atop the stage, Sheriff Daniel Harris (Barry Kelley.
