Back Trail

Back Trail (.45 COLT COMBAT! Against ruthless payroll bandits!)

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.

Top Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

As Johnny Mack

Raymond Hatton

As Cahoose

Mildred Coles

As Helen Frazer

Marshall Reed

As Henchman Lacey

James Horne Jr.

As Terry Dugan (as James Horne)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

As Goofy (as Snub Pollard)

Ted Adams

As Bob Frazer

Pierce Lyden

As Frank Gilmore

George Holmes

As Henchman Rocky

Bob Woodward

As Henchman Turk