West of Carson City

Ray Taylor
1940-01-19

Blasting wide open the toughest town of the west!
2
56 min

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

Name Character Team
Johnny Mack Brown Jim Bannister Unowned
Bob Baker Nevada Unowned
Fuzzy Knight Banjo Unowned
Peggy Moran Millie Harkins Unowned
Harry Woods Mack Gorman Unowned
Robert Homans Judge Harkins Unowned
Al K. Hall Lem Howard Unowned
Roy Barcroft Bill Tompkins Unowned
Charles King Henchman Drag Unowned
Frank Mitchell Henchman Breed Unowned
Edmund Cobb Stagedriver Sleepy (as Eddie Cobb) Unowned
Jack Roper Henchman Larkin Unowned
Ted Wells Slim, Circle X Cowhand Unowned
Jack Shannon Cowhand Pete Unowned