Three Faces West
Three Faces West
Special guest: Introduction by film historian and critic Ed Rampell.
When a Viennese émigré doctor (Charles Coburn) and his daughter (Sigrid Gurie) make an appearance on the national radio broadcast We the People, they end up solicited by the residents of a dust-streaked corner of North Dakota in need of medical care. Part refugee drama, part contemporary Western, Three Faces West also finds Republic Pictures’ star John Wayne as the collectivist leader trying to encourage his community to go West. Elegantly photographed by future film noir legend John Alton (his first Hollywood credit) Three Faces West is co-written by Hollywood Ten member Samuel Ornitz.
DIRECTED BY: Bernard Vorhaus. WRITTEN BY: F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March, Samuel Ornitz. WITH: John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Spencer Charters. 1940. 81 min. USA. B&W. English. DCP.
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