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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