Night Passage
by James Neilson
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Actor: Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart, James StewartDirector: James Neilson
Brand: Universal Studios
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels
Editor: Sherman Todd
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Writer: Borden Chase
Writer: Norman A. Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Published); English (Published)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Night Passage
Movie Review: YOU CAN'T GET FAR WITHOUT A RAILROAD
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a western and yet it isn't a western. It has gunfights, horses, fistfights, ghost towns, abandon mining claims, et.al., yet it also has an interesting conterpoint of 'good' brother versus 'bad'. From the other mixed reviews here a reader can get most of the formulaic western plot, but the scenery and the solid acting may not come through.
I personally like Jimmy Stewart westerns, and Audie Murphy too, and it is a rare chance to see Elaine Stewart. But one of the scene stealers is Dan Duryea a parennial 'baddie', black hat supporting actor. If he is the typical actor, he probably was nothing like that in life. The songs and music are pretty much second rate B movie stuff, however, the one song, You Can't Get Far Without A Railroad will have most people tapping their toes as do both Stewart and Murphy in the ghost town sequence.
This movie having railroad building as a background does not go as deeply into the actual historical building as some other Hollywood movies do, but take a look at the supporting actors in the big dance scene, quite a few prominent actors/actresses show up. The movie is stocked with fairly well known actors throughout.
For most people this western will entertain, and for those of us who also read westerns as well as watch them, the names Norman A. Fox, who wrote the book from which the movie was taken, and Borden Chase screen story writer and at times short story writer for The Saturday Evening Post, ensures a good, enjoyable but atypical western story.
Good watching and good entertainment in a change-of-pace western. And that with Jimmy singing makes it rather remarkable. Don't overlook it.
Semper Fi.
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