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16 October 1948 (USA)
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A STRANGER IN TOWN...WHERE STRANGERS WEREN'T WELCOME!...and he found out a gal double-crossed is Deadly as Poison! more
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Dick Powell stars as Haven, a government private investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen...
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The Private Eye Goes West
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dick Powell | ... | Lt. John Martin Haven |
| Jane Greer | ... | Charlie |
 | Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mrs. Mary Caslon |
 | Burl Ives | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Tom Powers | ... | Captain George Iles |
| Gordon Oliver | ... | Prince |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Lt. Stellman |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Mick Marion |
| Raymond Burr | ... | Lawyer Mark Bristow |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Jim Goddard |
| Olin Howland | ... | Cook at Logging Camp (as Olin Howlin) |
| John Berkes | ... | Sam- the Deaf Pianist |
| Michael Steele | ... | Whitey |
 | Dan White | ... | Pete |
| John Kellogg | ... | Ben |
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USA:87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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A Stranger in Town
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Dick Powell was a musical comedy star in the 30's who in 1944 made a dramatic career change when he switched to hard-boiled private eye/cop roles. Station West, his only western, is basically this character in a western setting. Make no mistake, Station West is a good western.
Powell plays an undercover army officer trying to find out who murdered two soldiers while stealing a gold shipment (No not the Gold Diggers of 1933). Along the way he meets Jane Greer as a business like saloon owner who may not be what she seems to be.
One of the best moments in the film is the knock down drag out fight Powell has with Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, playing a villain this time around. At first, after Powell knocks him down in the saloon, Williams utters a classic line: "You're too small to have made such a big mistake".
Other notables in the cast include Raymond Burr as a cowardly lawyer, Agnes Moorehead as Powell's "contact", Tom Powers as the army commander, Powell regular Regis Toomey as an undercover agent and an unbilled Burl Ives as a guitar strumming hotel clerk.
The black and white photography is excellent, particularly in the outdoor scenes. Station West raises the question as to why Powell didn't make more westerns. This was a good one.