Patrick Wayne would later play a similar role in a 1962 television drama, also directed by John Ford, called Flashing Spikes, starring James Stewart and featuring John Wayne in a lengthy surprise appearance for which he was billed as "Michael Morris."
Plot
Sportswriter Mike Cronin discovers rookie baseball player Lyn Goodhue is the son of former major leaguer, Buck Garrison, who was banished from baseball following his participation in the infamous Black Sox Scandal. He intends to reveal this in his newspaper column, but is threatened at gunpoint by Ruth Dahlberg who wants to kill the story. In a flashback, it is revealed that Cronin's investigation led him to a man named Larry Goodhue who lived with his son, Lyn, next door to Lyn's girlfriend, Ruth Dahlberg. Ruth takes Cronin to a local baseball field where Larry is coaching young boys. Cronin recognizes Larry as Buck Garrison, surprising Ruth. Unhappy with being recognized, Garrison tells Cronin he can't prevent him from running his story, and leaves dejected. Back in the present, Ruth tells Cronin that running the story will hurt Lyn, who has done nothing to deserve the it. Cronin decides not to run the story, and throws a baseball through the window of his newspaper office as he departs.
