West of Carson City (1940)
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. Peggy Moran, one of Universal's most overworked ingenues, provides the nominal romantic relief. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray Taylor
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Synopsis of West of Carson City
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. Peggy Moran, one of Universal's most overworked ingenues, provides the nominal romantic relief. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of West of Carson City
- Johnny Mack Brown - Jim Bannister
- Fuzzy Knight - Banjo
- Harry Woods - Mack Gorman
- Al K. Hall - Lem Howard
- Jack Roper - Larkin
- Jack Shannon - Pete
- Ernie S. Adams
- Donald Kerr
- Charles King - Drag
- Al Bridge
- Bob Baker - Nevada
- Peggy Moran - Millie Harkins
- Robert E. Homans - Judge Harkins
- Frank Mitchell - Breed
- Ted Wells - Slim
- The Four Singing Notables
- Roy Barcroft - Bill Tompkins
- Kermit Maynard
- Victor Potel
- Edmund Cobb - Sleepy
- Director(s):
- Ray Taylor
- Writer(s):
- Milton M. Raison, Sherman Lowe, Jack Bernhard
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