West of Carson City

"Blasting wide open the toughest town of the west!"

Jan 19 1940 Approved 0h 56m
Action, Adventure, Music

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.

Plot

When a gold strike turns a ghost town into a boom town, Gorman arrives to open his crooked gambling hall and Judge Harkins arrives to bring law and order. Jim Bannister is aiding the Judge by bringing in Gorman's outlaws and to lure Jim into a trap, Gorman's men kidnap the Judge and his daughter for bait.

Written by

Milton Raison, Sherman L. Lowe, Jack Bernhard

Directed by

Ray Taylor

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
45
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA