The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram westerns, if for no other reason than the offbeat casting of Douglass Dumbrille. Usually seen in villainous roles, Dumbrille herein offers a sincere, effective performance as a scrupulously honest US marshal named Nightlander. When he takes on a gang of crooked gamblers, Nightlander is shot down in cold blood, compelling frontier doctor John Poole (Johnny Mack Brown) to put his Hippocratic oath on the back burner and strap on the shootin' irons.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Adele BuffingtonScreenplay
- Lambert HillyerDirector
Cast
- Johnny Mack BrownDr. John Poore
- Raymond HattonAdd Youman
- Joan WoodburyPoppy Rand
- Douglass DumbrilleMarshal Tom Nightlander
- Lynne CarverAbbie Compton
- Tom QuinnBartender Ed
- Harry WoodsWisdon (as Harry Lewis Woods)
- Ray BennettHenchman Rocky (as Raphael Bennett)
- Riley HillCowhand Midland
- Jack IngramHenchman Slick
- John MertonCarl Compton
- Jack RockwellRancher Bill Knott
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Themes
gang