THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY

Gold stolen by outlaws is stashed in the impenetrable bank of Friendly, a small town in Texas. A preacher, Rev. Pious Blue, is actually a thief. He and his associates, including voluptuous partner Lyda Kebanov, plan to tunnel into the vault and blow it up with TNT, just as a Fourth of July celebration drowns out the noise.

There are complications. A number of rival gangs (which include Mexican bandits and a gunfighter called Slade) are also after the loot. Then there is Ben Quick of the Texas Rangers, a lawman out to find evidence confirming the corruption of the banker and town Mayor Kincaid, who is also inside the vault.

The reverend's band is successful, distracting the bank's guards by having Lyda pretend to be Lady Godiva, riding nude on a white horse, with just small flower pasties covering her nipples and groin. They intend to escape by hot-air balloon. The gold is too heavy for liftoff, however. Lyda volunteers to abandon ship, in part because she has fallen for Quick, who finds the proof he needs to convict Kincaid while the Reverend floats safely away, along with the gold.

The reverend's gang pulls off the heist using the Lady Godiva distraction and escapes in a hot-air balloon with the gold, though Lyda stays behind after falling for Ranger Quick, who finds evidence against Mayor Kincaid.

The ending lands as a comic inversion of classic western justice: the lawman gets both the evidence and the girl, while the preacher floats off with the loot. The Lady Godiva distraction cements the film's irreverent tone, and each group's schemes reach a farcical resolution, poking fun at both criminal cunning and institutional corruption.