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.
Johnny Mack Brown
as Dr. John Poore
Raymond Hatton
as Add Youman
Joan Woodbury
as Poppy Rand
Douglass Dumbrille
as Marshal Tom Nightlander
Lynne Carver
as Abbie Compton
Tom Quinn
as Bartender Ed
Harry Woods
as Wisdon (as Harry Lewis Woods)
Ray Bennett
as Henchman Rocky (as Raphael Bennett)
Riley Hill
as Cowhand Midland
Jack Ingram
as Henchman Slick
John Merton
as Carl Compton
Jack Rockwell
as Rancher Bill Knott
