DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Branded a Coward is a 1935 American film directed by Sam Newfield. Directed by Sam Newfield Produced by AW Hackel (producer) (uncredited) Written by Richard Martinsen (story) Earle Snell Starring See below Cinematography William Nobles Editing by Earl Turner Release date(s) 1935 Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English Cast Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Hume Billie Seward as Ethel Carson Syd Saylor as Oscar Lloyd Ingraham as Joe Carson Lee Shumway as Tom Hume Roger Williams as Henchman Tex Frank McCarroll as Henchman Dick Yakima Canutt as 'The Cat' (original) Mickey Rentschler as Young Johnny Hume Rex Downing as Young Billy Hume Johnny Mack Brown (September 1, 1904 -- November 14, 1974) was an All-American college football player and film actor originally billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. His good looks and powerful physique saw him portrayed on Wheaties cereal boxes and in 1927, brought an offer for motion picture screen tests that resulted in a long and successful career in Hollywood. He played silent film star Mary Pickford's love interest in her first talkie, Coquette (1929), for which Pickford won an Oscar. He appeared in minor roles until 1930 when he was cast as the star in a Western entitled Billy the Kid and directed by King Vidor. An early widescreen film (along with Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail with John Wayne, produced the same year), the movie also features Wallace Beery as <b>...</b>