The Secret Six is a pre-code crime drama set in the prohibition era. The story revolves around a secret society seeking revenge for the murder of a fellow gangster. The plot involves bootlegging, rigged elections, and a framed murder. The main protagonist is an alcoholic lawyer who becomes a police informer to help bring down the gangsters. As the story unfolds, the lawyer finds himself on death row and must prove his innocence. The film also explores themes of class snobbery and social reform.
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.
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