Four Faces West

Four Faces West

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  • Genre: Western
  • Release Date: 1948-08-03
  • Runtime: 89 minutes
  • : 5.6
  • Production Company: Enterprise Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
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5.6/10
5.6
From 19 Ratings

Description

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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  • Wuchak

    5
    By Wuchak
    **_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 in flat B&W). The warmheartedness is refreshing and Dee is winsome, but McCrea doesn’t know how to play an overly sympathetic protagonist, the proverbial good bad guy. Meanwhile Calleia lays it on a little too thick and his character comes across unbelievable. Speaking of unbelievable, the way the protagonist escapes capture on the train is “Why Sure!” territory. Yet the train sequence is otherwise well done. Another “Yeah, right” episode takes place in the last act involving a Mexican family. It runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot entirely in New Mexico, except for interiors done in Hollywood. The locations include: San Rafael, Alamogordo, El Morro National Monument near Ramah (Inscription Rock), Gallup, Red Rock Canyon State Park and White Sands National Monument. GRADE: C+

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