The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story takes place in a gold-rush community where the locals are taken to the cleaners by duplicitious Eastern gamblers. When it becomes obvious that the local constabulary has been "bought off" by the crooks, two-fisted cattleman Jim Bannister (Brown) swings into action. The film's highlight is an outsized fistic brawl between the hero and secondary villain Breed, played by loose-limbed comic stuntman Frank Mitchell.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Ray TaylorDirector
- Jack BernhardScreenplay
- Sherman L. LoweScreenplay
- Milton RaisonScreenplay
Cast
- Johnny Mack BrownJim Bannister
- Bob BakerNevada
- Fuzzy KnightBanjo
- Peggy MoranMillie Harkins
- Harry WoodsMack Gorman
- Robert HomansJudge Harkins
- Al K. HallLem Howard
- Roy BarcroftBill Tompkins
- Charles KingHenchman Drag
- Frank MitchellHenchman Breed
- Edmund CobbStagedriver Sleepy (as Eddie Cobb)
- Jack RoperHenchman Larkin
Themes
prisonerjudge