Back Trail
Seen it?1948 | 57 min | Western
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 57 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1948: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 597 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Christy Cabanne
- Johnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack
- Raymond HattonCahoose
- Mildred ColesHelen Frazer
- Marshall ReedHenchman Lacey
- James Horne Jr.Terry Dugan (as James Horne)
- Harry 'Snub' PollardGoofy (as Snub Pollard)
- Ted AdamsBob Frazer
- Pierce LydenFrank Gilmore
- George HolmesHenchman Rocky
- Bob WoodwardHenchman Turk