Back Trail

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

Johnny Mack Brown

Raymond Hatton

Mildred Coles

Marshall Reed

James Horne Jr.

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Ted Adams

Pierce Lyden

George Holmes

Bob Woodward

Carol Henry

William Bailey

Herman Hack

Martin Cichy

George Morrell

Artie Ortego

Bob McElroy

Art Felix

George Huggins

Clem Fuller

John Bose

Augie Gomez