About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 18, 1948
Director
Writer
Studio
Monogram Pictures, Great Western Productions
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Cast
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Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack
R
Raymond Hatton
Cahoose
M
Mildred Coles
Helen Frazer
M
Marshall Reed
Henchman Lacey
J
James Horne Jr.
Terry Dugan (as James Horne)
H
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
T
Ted Adams
Bob Frazer
P
Pierce Lyden
Frank Gilmore
G
George Holmes
Henchman Rocky
B
Bob Woodward
Henchman Turk
C
Carol Henry
Henchman Peco
W
William Bailey
Sheriff (uncredited)
H
Herman Hack
Deputy (uncredited)
M
Martin Cichy
Bartender (uncredited)
G
George Morrell
Larry (uncredited)
A
Artie Ortego
Art (uncredited)
B
Bob McElroy
Barfly (uncredited)
A
Art Felix
Townsman (uncredited)
G
George Huggins
Townsman (uncredited)
C
Clem Fuller
Townsman (uncredited)