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.
Director:
Ray Taylor
Writers:
Milton Raison, Jack Bernhard, Sherman L. Lowe.
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Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Bannister |
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Bob Baker as Nevada |
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Fuzzy Knight as Banjo |
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Peggy Moran as Millie Harkins |
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Harry Woods as Mack Gorman |
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Robert Homans as Judge Harkins |
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Al K. Hall as Lem Howard |
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Roy Barcroft as Bill Tompkins |
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Charles King as Henchman Drag |
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Frank Mitchell as Henchman Breed |
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Edmund Cobb as Stagedriver Sleepy (as Eddie Cobb) |
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Jack Roper as Henchman Larkin |
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Ted Wells as Slim, Circle X Cowhand |
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Jack Shannon as Cowhand Pete |
| Directing | Ray Taylor | Director |
| Writing | Milton Raison | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jack Bernhard | Screenplay |
| Writing | Milton Raison | Story |
| Writing | Sherman L. Lowe | Screenplay |
