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.

Johnny Mack Brown
Jim Bannister

Bob Baker
Nevada

Fuzzy Knight
Banjo

Peggy Moran
Millie Harkins

Harry Woods
Mack Gorman

Robert Homans
Judge Harkins
Al K. Hall
Lem Howard

Roy Barcroft
Bill Tompkins

Charles King
Henchman Drag

Frank Mitchell
Henchman Breed

Edmund Cobb
Stagedriver Sleepy (as Eddie Cobb)
Jack Roper
Henchman Larkin

Star of Texas
Star of Texas

All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses

Breakheart Pass
Breakheart Pass

Molly and Lawless John
Molly and Lawless John

Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage

Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy

Hang 'em High
Hang 'em High

Giant
Giant

Duck, You Sucker
Duck, You Sucker

Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk

The Cyclone Kid
The Cyclone Kid

Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Boss of Hangtown Mesa