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Four Faces West

Name: Four Faces West
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-08-03
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 5.7

★ 5,7 /10 (23 Votes)

1948 EN 89 min

Overview

Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?

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Release date

03/08/1948

Votes

Popularity

1.3

The Strangest Desperado the West has Ever Known!

Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

89 min

Joel McCrea

Ross McEwen

Frances Dee

Fay Hollister

Charles Bickford

Pat Garrett

Joseph Calleia

Monte Marquez

William Conrad

Sheriff Egan

Martín Garralaga

Florencio

Raymond Largay

Dr. Eldredge

John Parrish

Frenger

Dan White

Clint Waters

Davison Clark

Burnett

Houseley Stevenson

Anderson

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George McDonald

Winston Boy

Eva Novak

Mrs. Winston

Sam Flint

Storekeeper

Forrest Taylor

Conductor No.2

William Haade

Poker Player

Gene Roth

Poker Player

Paul E. Burns

Conductor #1 (uncredited)

George Magrill

Jim - Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Station Agent (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

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Clem Fuller

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

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Jack Stoney

Deputy (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Deputy (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Deputy (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

Posse Deputy (uncredited)

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Art Felix

Posse Member (uncredited)

George Sowards

Posse Member (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

Townsman (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Ross McEwen - Valiant Gentleman. Four Faces West (AKA: They Passed This Way) is directed by Alfred E. Green and collectively adapted to screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Teddi Sherman, William Brent and Milarde Brent from the novel Paso por acqui written by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. It stars Joel McCrea, Francis Dee, Charles Bickford and Joseph Calleia. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Russell Harlan. Ross McEwen (McCrea) robs the bank of Santa Maria but requests only $2,000 and issues an I.O.U. to the bank manager with the promise of paying back the money. The bank manager, aggr…

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**_Warmhearted Western in the Southwest marred by contrivances and dubious acting_** An aged Marshal Pat Garrett (Charles Bickford) chases a questionable robber (Joel McCrea) through long stretches of New Mexico. On the way, the latter meets a lovely nurse (Frances Dee) and befriends a sympathetic innkeeper (Joseph Calleia). William Conrad is on hand as a sheriff that joins the marshal’s pursuit. “Four Faces West” (1948), also known as “They Passed This Way,” is a decent Western with stretches of lyrical beauty, hindered by the B&W photography (the magnificent locations mean very little …

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