Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard fare at Republic Pictures. The title character is a confused cowhand played by Fuzzy Knight, while the hero is Steve (Johnny Mack Brown),an undercover detective on the prowl for cattle rustlers.

• Universal Pictures
• Johnny Mack Brown
• Fuzzy Knight
• Nell O'Day
• Dick Curtis
• Lynn Merrick
• Walter Soderling
• Roy Barcroft