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Release Year1940
Runtime0h 56m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresWestern
Votes2
DirectorRay Taylor
WritersMilton Raison, Jack Bernhard, Sherman L. Lowe
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsWest of Carson City
About West of Carson City
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.
Directed by Ray Taylor, West of Carson City leans on a strong ensemble — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about western titles of 1940.
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