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.
Johnny Mack Brown
as Johnny Mack
Raymond Hatton
as Cahoose
Mildred Coles
as Helen Frazer
Marshall Reed
as Henchman Lacey
James Horne Jr.
as Terry Dugan (as James Horne)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Goofy (as Snub Pollard)
Ted Adams
as Bob Frazer
Pierce Lyden
as Frank Gilmore
George Holmes
as Henchman Rocky
Bob Woodward
as Henchman Turk
Carol Henry
as Henchman Peco
William Bailey
as Sheriff (uncredited)
