West of Carson City

56min

Western

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.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown

Jim Bannister
Bob Baker

Bob Baker

Nevada
Peggy Moran

Peggy Moran

Millie Harkins
Harry Woods

Harry Woods

Mack Gorman
Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Judge Harkins
Al K. Hall

Al K. Hall

Lem Howard
Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Bill Tompkins
Charles King

Charles King

Henchman Drag
Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell

Henchman Breed
Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb

Stagedriver Sleepy (as Eddie Cobb)
Jack Roper

Jack Roper

Henchman Larkin
Ted Wells

Ted Wells

Slim, Circle X Cowhand
Jack Shannon

Jack Shannon

Cowhand Pete

Release date

19th Jan 1940

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English