West of Carson City

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 19, 1940

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

Universal Pictures

Cast

Harry Woods,Bob Baker,Al K. Hall,Peggy Moran,Jack Roper,Ted Wells,Charles King,Robert Homans,Jack Shannon,Johnny Mack Brownand 4 more

Director

Ray Taylor

Writer

Sherman L. Lowe,Jack Bernhard,Milton Raison

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0033250