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.
Genre: Western
Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Peggy Moran, Harry Woods, Robert Homans
Crew: Ray Taylor (Director), Milton Raison (Story), Milton Raison (Screenplay), Sherman L. Lowe (Screenplay), Jack Bernhard (Screenplay)
Country:
Language: English
Studio: Universal Pictures
Runtime: 56 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 19, 1940
IMDb: 9
