Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U ranch. Before the second reel has tumbled over the spools, Chip finds himself falsely accused of robbery and murder. The actual miscreants are in the employ of a band of foreign gunrunners, who speak in heavily Teutonic accents. Rest assured that Chip makes short work of these bush-league Storm Troopers before the sun sets in the West. Musical interludes are provided by a group calling themselves the Texas Rangers, even though they actually hailed from Kansas City.
Johnny Mack Brown
Bob Baker
Fuzzy Knight
Doris Weston
Forrest Taylor
Anthony Warde
Karl Hackett
Henry Hall
Claire Whitney
Ferris Taylor
Cecil Kellogg
George Anderson
Hank Bell
Roy Bucko
Budd Buster
Chester Conklin
Robert 'Captain Bob' Crawford
Edward 'Tookie' Cronenbold
Frank Ellis
Herman Hack
Francis 'Irish' Mahaney
Roderic 'Dave' May
Kermit Maynard
Chuck Morrison
Victor Potel
Jack Shannon
Harry Tenbrook
Blackjack Ward
Hank Worden