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
