Night Passage

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Night Passage (1957)

NR 07/24/1957 (US) Western 1h 30m

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This was the night when the naked fury of the McLaines flamed out with consuming vengeance across a terrorized land!

Overview

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

James Neilson

Director
Norman A. Fox

Novel
Borden Chase

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James Stewart

Grant McLaine
Audie Murphy

The Utica Kid
Dan Duryea

Whitey Harbin
Dianne Foster

Charlotte Drew
Elaine Stewart

Verna Kimball
Brandon De Wilde

Joey Adams
Jay C. Flippen

Ben Kimball
Herbert Anderson

Will Renner
Robert J. Wilke

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A review by John Chard

65%

Written by John Chard on July 14, 2015

Funny Man.

As many Western fans know, Night Passage was all set up to be the sixth genre collaboration between director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart. After a run of successful and genre defining "adult" Westerns, the prospect of another was mouth watering to the genre faithful. The promise of something good was further boosted by the names of others involved in the project. The screenplay is written by Borden Chase (Red River/Winchester '73), cinematographer was William H. Daniels (The Far Country), the score is from Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon/Giant) and joining Stewart in the cast... read the rest.

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