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Director:
Writers:
Frank Fenton (screenplay) and
Winston Miller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 October 1948 (USA) more
Tagline:
A STRANGER IN TOWN...WHERE STRANGERS WEREN'T WELCOME!...and he found out a gal double-crossed is Deadly as Poison! more
Plot:
Dick Powell stars as Haven, a government private investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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The Private Eye Goes West more (7 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:87 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1950) | USA:Approved (certificate #12639) | Sweden:15 | Spain:T
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Soundtrack:
A Stranger in Town more

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The Private Eye Goes West, 30 March 2000
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Author: Brian J. Smith from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada

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.

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