Movie
Flame of the West
LAW COMES TO THE FLAMING FRONTIER!...where gun-law is the only LAW!
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Flame of the West opened in theaters June 25, 1945. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Johnny Mack BrownDr. John Poore
Raymond HattonAdd Youman
Joan WoodburyPoppy Rand
Douglass DumbrilleMarshal Tom Nightlander
Lynne CarverAbbie Compton
Harry WoodsWisdon (as Harry Lewis Woods)
Ray BennettHenchman Rocky (as Raphael Bennett)Credits
- Directed by
- Lambert Hillyer
- Written by
- Adele Buffington, Bennett Foster
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Monogram PicturesUnited States