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.

Mac travels the county looking for the next hustle. After he wraps up business with his Midwest fixer Les, she turns him on to a big score in Indianapolis with a local bar owner. He finds out it involves his old flame Evelyn and soon discovers that his past has caught up with him and he may not make it out alive!

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who’s now married with a family.

With a great career, close friends, and an upwardly mobile fiancé, ‘How To’ book writer Grace (Chandra West) appears to have the perfect life. Meanwhile, local firefighter Steve (Mark Consuelos), having just been suspended for his reckless, yet heroic style, seems to be heading in the opposite direction That is, until a fateful fire rescue fans the flames of attraction and gives them both a new perspective on life.

After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it’s not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame — who just happens to be the prosecuting attorney on her case. As she investigates her client’s claims of innocence, she uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens both her life and her new romance.