Four Faces West (1948)​

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  • FOUR FACES WEST
    aka They Passed This Way


    DIRECTED BY ALFRED E. GREEN
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTIONS
    HARRY SHERMAN PRODUCTIONS
    METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (MGM)



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    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?
    Written by David Steele


    Cast
    Joel McCrea ... Ross McEwen
    Frances Dee ... Fay Hollister
    Charles Bickford ... Pat Garrett
    Joseph Calleia ... Monte Marquez
    William Conrad ... Sheriff Egan
    Martin Garralaga ... Florencio
    Raymond Largay ... Dr. Eldredge
    John Parrish ... Frenger
    Dan White ... Clint Waters
    Davison Clark ... Burnett
    Houseley Stevenson ... Anderson
    George McDonald ... Winston Boy
    Eva Novak ... Mrs. Winston
    Sam Flint ... Storekeeper
    Forrest Taylor ... Conductor #2
    William Haade ... Poker Player
    Gene Roth ... Poker Player
    Jody McCrea ... Teenage Boy (uncredited)
    and many more...


    Directed
    Alfred E. Green


    Writing Credits
    C. Graham Baker ... (writer)
    Teddi Sherman ... (writer)
    William Brent ... (adaptation) and
    Milarde Brent ... (adaptation)
    Eugene Manlove Rhodes ... (novel)


    Produced
    Vernon E. Clark ... associate producer
    Harry Sherman ... producer


    Music
    Paul Sawtell


    Cinematography
    Russell Harlan


    Trivia
    Western without gunshots.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    When Marquez is explaining the inscription, the positions of the three people in relation to each other and the rocks changes between shots.


    McEwen is bitten by the rattlesnake when he puts his arm into a bush to hide his saddle. The next shot shows a rattlesnake in open ground nowhere near any bushes.


    Revealing mistakes
    The mail hack was supposed to be leaving at 5 am, but the shadows are from an overhead sun indicating that the scene was filmed around midday.


    Filming Locations
    El Morro National Monument, near, Ramah, New Mexico, USA (Inscription Rock)
    Gallup, New Mexico, USA
    Red Rock Canyon State Park - Highway 14, Cantil, California, USA
    San Rafael, New Mexico, USA
    California Studios - 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (interiors)


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 24 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Four Faces West is a 1948 Western film starring Joel McCrea,
    his real-life wife Frances Dee, and Charles Bickford.
    It is based on the novel Pasó por aquí by Eugene Manlove Rhodes.
    Its plot concerns a down-on-his-luck cowboy who robs a bank.



    User Review


    Ross McEwen - Valiant Gentleman.
    5 July 2013 | by Spikeopath (United Kingdom)


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England