
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram westerns, if for no other reason than the offbeat casting of Douglass Dumbrille. Usually seen in villainous roles, Dumbrille herein offers a sincere, effective performance as a scrupulously honest US marshal named Nightlander. When he takes on a gang of crooked gamblers, Nightlander is shot down in cold blood, compelling frontier doctor John Poole (Johnny Mack Brown) to put his Hippocratic oath on the back burner and strap on the shootin' irons.

as Dr. John Poore

as Add Youman

as Poppy Rand

as Marshal Tom Nightlander

as Abbie Compton

as Bartender Ed

as Wisdon (as Harry Lewis Woods)

as Henchman Rocky (as Raphael Bennett)

as Cowhand Midland

as Henchman Slick

as Carl Compton

as Rancher Bill Knott

as Rancher Hendricks

as Band Leader Pee Wee