Johnny Mack Brown
Birthday: 1904-09-01
Place of Birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
Biography: An All-American halfback while attending the University of Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown chose the silver screen over the green grass of the football field when he graduated. Signed to a contract with MGM in 1926, Brown debuted in Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) with William Haines in a film about - baseball. This was followed by The Bugle Call (1927), which starred the fading Jackie Coogan. In 1928 he appeared in the last Norma Shearer silent film, A Lady of Chance (1928). After that, he worked with Greta Garbo, Marion Davies and Mary Pickford. His muscular good looks only carried him so far in films, however, and by 1930 he had yet to find his place. At MGM Clark Gable was taking the roles that Brown was up for, so he went into a western for director King Vidor, Billy the Kid (1930). While Vidor did not want him for the part to begin with, the picture was successful; however, Brown's career at MGM soon ended. By 1933 he was still making westerns, but they were for low-rung studios like Mascot. More westerns at even lower-rung Supreme Pictures followed, as well as serials like Wild West Days (1937) at Universal. In 1943 Brown took his boots over to Monogram Pictures, where he made over 60 westerns. He started off as "Nevada Jack McKenzie" in the Rough Riders series, but the name soon changed to Johnny. As with most of the early cowboy stars, he was a hero to millions of young children and consistently among the top ten money-makers in westerns from 1942-50. The bubble burst, though, just as it did for Allan Lane, in 1953, as the days of the "B" western came to an end.
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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in...
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The Secret Six
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind...
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Our Dancing Daughters
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie f...
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Against the Law
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with hi...
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After Midnight
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Born to the West
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Fighting With Kit Carson
In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shi...
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Female
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of bu...
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Mockery
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The Oregon Trail
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Belle of the Nineties
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Stampede
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The Crooked Trail
After Jim Blake saves Harve Tarlton's life, they become partners in a gold mining claim. After a whi...
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Rawhide Rangers
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Apache Uprising
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The Last Flight
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Montana Moon
A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch....
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Wells Fargo
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The Valiant
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and t...
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Stagecoach Buckaroo
Saved from a lynching party by a pair of young women, an itinerant cowpuncher signs on as a stagecoa...
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Slide, Kelly, Slide
A minor league pitcher lets pride get the better of him after he joins the New York Yankees....
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Between Men
When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers...
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Legends of the West
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, ...
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The Courageous Avenger
Kirk Baxter has been sent to investigate murder and robbery involving gold shipments. Identifying a ...
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Soft Living
Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony payments...
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Billy the Kid
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted...
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Cross Streets
A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend...
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Branded a Coward
Safely from behind some shrubbery, Johnny Hume, a boy of 6 or 7, witnesses the slaughter of his moth...
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The Fair Co-Ed
Marion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She instantl...
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A Lady of Chance
A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama....
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The Divine Woman
[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that e...
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Short Grass
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on ...
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Flames
Brown is a confident young firefighter. He and his buddy become interested in two girls, after savin...
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Malay Nights
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by a...
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Desert Phantom
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where ...
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Rogue of the Range
Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and th...
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Partners of the Trail
A United States marshal uncovers a plot to steal the valuable gold-laden property of ranchers....
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The Texas Kid
Marshals Nevada and Sandy are after Scully and his gang who have been robbing stage-coaches. The Tex...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features....
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The Silver Bullet
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible....
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St. Louis Woman
Johnny Mack Brown stars as medical student and football star who was expelled after a night club bra...
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Lawless Land
Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. W...
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Bar-Z Bad Men
Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey...
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Guns in the Dark
When Johnny and Mendez argue, the lights go out, and in the ensuing gunfight Johnny thinks he killed...
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A Lawman Is Born
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman....
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Boothill Brigade
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the...
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The Gambling Terror
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den...
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The Great Meadow
Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War....
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Pony Post
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is rep...
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Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
In order to obtain a stage coach mail contract, a new road must be built. A gang of outlaws try to p...
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Flaming Frontiers
Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gol...
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Hurricane
Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold ...
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Undertow
Johnny Mack Brown stars as Paul, who wants nothing more out of life than to take charge of a lighth...
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Chip of the Flying U
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title ro...
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Land of Liberty
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939....
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A Woman of Affairs
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Nevill...
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Wild West Days
Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Bento...
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The Vanishing Frontier
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over ...
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The Navajo Trail
U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins are working undercover to capture a gang steali...
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Law of the Range
The Wolverine Kid kills a man and it looks like Steve Howard did it. But Steve's father recognizes t...
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Man from Montana
A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders....
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The Masked Rider
The beautiful owner of a silver mine in Mexico asks an employee for help when bandits keep robbing h...
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The Gentleman from Texas
In one of his better Monogram Westerns, Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a crooked saloon owner wit...
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Annapolis
Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, a...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h...
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The Lone Star Trail
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two year...
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Stranger from Santa Fe
Burly Johnny Mack Brown once again plays undercover U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie in this overly comp...
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Oklahoma Justice
Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a lady bank robber in this average Mack Brown series late-entry fr...
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Prairie Express
Johnny Mack Brown comes to the aid of a beleaguered female freight line operator in this standard Mo...
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Blazing Bullets
Following his refusal to let his daughter Carol marry cowhand Bill Grant, rancher John Roberts is ki...
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Whistling Hills
Johnny Mack Brown was recruited by Chet Norman, the owner of a stagecoach line, to end the heist per...
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Son of Roaring Dan
In this exciting western, Roaring Dan is the meanest old cuss around. He and his "son" are constantl...
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Overland Trails
Johnny Mack Brown stars in this above-average B-Western from Monogram, penned under the pseudonym of...
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, se...
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Shadows on the Range
Johnny Mack Brown stars in the formula oater Shadows on the Range. The film was made at a time when ...
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Six Gun Mesa
To get the herd on Six Gun Mesa, Carson has the owner and hands killed. But one hand, Dave Emmett wa...
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Arizona Cyclone
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him...
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Trigger Fingers
Blacksmith Pinto Peters calls on his old friend, Sam "Hurricane" Benton, to help him clear his son, ...
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Valley of the Lawless
Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed ...
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Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard far...
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Undercover Man
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally ...
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Dead Man's Trail
Johnny Mack Brown was nearing the end of his starring career when he appeared in the Monogram oater ...
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Over the Border
Bringing Bart Calhoun (Marshall Reed) to justice for his complicity in a robbery/murder, Johnny assu...
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Triggerman
Johnny Mack (Johnny Mack Brown ) is hired by Lois Benton (Virginia Carroll) as a hand on her ranch, ...
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West of Carson City
West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story tak...
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Valley of Fear
Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself when bei...
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West of El Dorado
Johnny and Alibi try to straighten out a hostile young boy whose older brother was a notorious stage...
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Trail of Vengeance
There is a range war between the ranchers led by Tilden and the outlaw gang of Link Carson. Wanted o...
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Border Bandits
Johnny Mack Brown dons a marshal's badge in the Monogram western Border Bandits. Brown's sworn duty ...
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The Lost Trail
Having briefly abandoned his standard "Nevada Jack McKenzie" characterization in Flame of the West, ...
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The Marshal's Daughter
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a za...
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Riders of Pasco Basin
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it...
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart ...
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Gun Smoke
U. S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come upon an overturned stagecoach with the dr...
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Outlaw Gold
Johnny Mack Brown dodges bullets while he tries to figure out who stole the Mexican gold and who kil...
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Man from Sonora
Someone stole Johnny Mack Brown's horse. If he can locate his missing horse, then he can prove they ...
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Everyman's Law
Texas Ranger Johnny, poses as a hired gunman called The Dog Town Kid in order to infiltrate the outl...
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The Bounty Killer
Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violen...
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Forever Yours
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will he...
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Oklahoma Frontier
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is al...
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Boss of Bullion City
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss....
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Bad Man from Red Butte
A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murde...
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Law and Order
Bill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between...
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Law Men
U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach ...
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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl...
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Flashing Guns
After a brief mid-1940s burst of originality, Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series settled ba...
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Silver Range
Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget ...
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Canyon Ambush
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent J...
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Requiem for a Gunfighter
A gunfighter takes the identity of a murdered judge in order to avenge his death....
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Little Joe, the Wrangler
Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately fr...
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The Old Chisholm Trail
Dusty Gardner, and other Texas ranchers, are driving a herd of cattle to Abilene, Kansas along the C...
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show....
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The Play Girl
When Madge, a clerk in a flower shop, is sent to a bachelor's apartment to deliver and arrange a bou...
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Colorado Ambush
As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Color...
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Montana Desperado
The story concerns a fierce struggle over water rights. Complicating the plot is the presence of a m...
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Law of the Panhandle
Johnny Mack Brown follows his tried-and-true western formula in Law of the Panhandle. This time, U.S...
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Raiders of San Joaquin
In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber ...
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Cheyenne Roundup
Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series was drawing to a close when Cheyenne Roundup was releas...
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Man from the Black Hills
As other "B"-western series kept dropping like flies in 1952, Johnny Mack Brown kept grinding 'em ou...
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Boss of Hangtown Mesa
It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns were directed by ...
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Texas City
Johnny Mack Brown substitutes brains for brawn during most of Texas City. Cast once more as a U.S. m...
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Fighting Bill Fargo
Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his home to...
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Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Tom Evans (Jon Dawson), nephew of U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), has just trailed his ...
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The Stranger From Pecos
Brown fights a swindler and his pal, Hatton, finds a way to help a robbery victim buy back his prope...
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Six Gun Gospel
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown once again goes undercover in this Nevada Mckenzie series entry from ...
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The Ghost Rider
The first of a long-running series of Monogram-produced westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raym...
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Ghost Guns
Supernatural events on the range prompt an investigation by cowboy Brown in this western....
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Land of the Outlaws
The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a r...
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Law of the Valley
Dan Stanton and Condon are foreclosing on a group of ranchers in order to gain a land-monopoly. They...
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Raiders of the Border
Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton return to the screen as saddle pals Nevada and Sandy in Monogra...
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Range Law
Range Law stars Johnny Mack Brown as "Nevada" and Raymond Hatton as "Sandy", the same characters the...
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West of the Rio Grande
Two-fisted cowboys fight for law and order in their encounters with outlaws....
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Flame of the West
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram west...
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Frontier Feud
Johnny Mack Brown is back as Nevada Jack McKenzie in Frontier Feud. Once again, Nevada and his grizz...
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Under Arizona Skies
Dusty Smith arrives and takes a job on a ranch that is losing cattle to rustlers. When the rustlers ...
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Drifting Along
Monogram added several songs and a barn dance to this otherwise standard Johnny Mack Brown hay burne...
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The Haunted Mine
U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to ...
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Gun Talk
In this western, a hero prevents a stagecoach robbery and wins the respect and confidence of a mine ...
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Raiders of the South
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the recons...
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Trailing Danger
Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is o...
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Code of the Saddle
Smokin' guns, swingin' fists, and a lovable side-kick can be found in this western....
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Land of the Lawless
Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a female boss villain in this unusual Western from Monogram. Hired...
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The Law Comes to Gunsight
Brown arrives in the town of, yes, Gunsight, in the company of saddle pal Raymond Hatton. Like a new...
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Law of the West
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is...
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Range Justice
Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Had...
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Back Trail
Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown ride...
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The Fighting Ranger
A Texas Ranger and his partner gallop after a band of desperadoes....
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Hidden Danger
Johnny and Banty come in contact with a cattlemen's protective organization. Ostensibly an honest v...
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Frontier Agent
Johnny Mack Brown is sent to the badlands to round up an elusive outlaw gang....
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Gunning for Justice
Three fellows band together to help a woman find her uncle's cache of gold in this western. All they...
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Trails End
Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawy...
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Western Renegades
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's le...
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West of Wyoming
The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) t...
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Rustlers of Red Dog
A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band of ...
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Three on a Honeymoon
This romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress ...
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Saturday's Millions
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's fath...
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The Bugle Call
Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his memory...
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Starlit Days at the Lido
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is...
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70,000 Witnesses
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses,...
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Crazy House
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie....
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Hollywood Halfbacks
Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides tha...
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Lasca of the Rio Grande
A Texas Ranger who loves a dance hall girl must bring her in when she is charged with murder....
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