Back Trail
“.45 COLT COMBAT! Against ruthless payroll bandits!”
1948•57m•8.0•Released
Western
Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown rides into a small town where he becomes embroiled in a blackmail scheme. The town's banker (Ted Adams), a pillar of respectability, once served a jail term. Outlaw leader Pierce Lyden threatens to reveal Adams' secret if the banker doesn't let him know in advance when the gold shipments are going through. Adams tearfully tells Brown the whole story, whereupon Johnny rides shotgun on the next shipment himself. Back Trail was one of the last films directed by workhorse Christy Cabanne, whose career stretched all the way back to the D.W. Griffith days.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Writer
J. Benton Cheney
Languages
English
Studio
Monogram Pictures
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack
Raymond Hatton
Cahoose
Mildred Coles
Helen Frazer
Marshall Reed
Henchman Lacey
James Horne Jr.
Terry Dugan (as James Horne)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
Ted Adams
Bob Frazer
Pierce Lyden
Frank Gilmore
George Holmes
Henchman Rocky
Bob Woodward
Henchman Turk
Carol Henry
Henchman Peco
William Bailey
Sheriff (uncredited)
Herman Hack
Deputy (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
Bartender (uncredited)
George Morrell
Larry (uncredited)
Production
Company
Monogram Pictures
Company
Great Western Productions
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