There was a whole sub-genre of melodrama in the 20s and 30s about dashing bandits who kidnap people (usually young women) and they are the better for it. The Sheik and The Green Goddess are two notable examples; this was another. It was filmed several times, partly one guesses because there’s a great role in the bandit character, which is presumably why Orson Welles selected it for radio. He’s a Mexican bandito who takes over a ranch where several people are staying; the real villain is a banker. Ida Lupino no less is the romantic female lead. (NB A thought - was this the closest thing Orson Welles ever made to a Western? Very possibly.)
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