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Back Trail
“.45 COLT COMBAT! Against ruthless payroll bandits!”
8.0 / 10• 1948• 57m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack
Lead
Raymond Hatton
Cahoose
Mildred Coles
Helen Frazer
Marshall Reed
Henchman Lacey
JH
James Horne Jr.
Terry Dugan (as James Horne)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
Ted Adams
Bob Frazer
Pierce Lyden
Frank Gilmore
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christy Cabanne's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Back Trail is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
