Ben Perry

A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land. (imdb)

Set in the years following WW1, the story concerns a small-town veteran named Matt Brady (John Payne), whose brother, machine politician Tim Brady (Roy Roberts), arranges for Matt to get a cushy government job. When Tim dies, Matt takes over his operation, eventually assuming control of the entire state (which judiciously remains unnamed in the film). (imdb)

In this crime yarn a beautiful woman is innocently implicated in a murder.