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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   93 votes
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Writers:
Berne Giler (novel)
Berne Giler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 April 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
Hellbound for Vengeance for the Flaming Redhead Who Betrayed Him!
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User Comments:
Better than average minor Western more

Cast

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Randolph Scott ... Capt. John Hayes

Virginia Mayo ... Norma Putnam
Karen Steele ... Jeanie Miller (Rod's wife)
Michael Dante ... Rod Miller (One Arm)
Andrew Duggan ... Clay Putnam (Palace Hotel owner)
Michael Pate ... Mace (Putnam's henchman)
Wally Brown ... Stubby (stage driver)
John Daheim ... Russ (Putnam's gunman) (as John Day)
Walter Barnes ... Willis (Lone Creek station master)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (certificate #18839)
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Referenced in À bout de souffle (1960) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Better than average minor Western, 18 October 2007
7/10
Author: lorenellroy from United Kingdom

Westbound does not form part of the "Ranown "cycle of Westerns on which star Scott and director Boetticher collaborated in the 1950's and which included such stone classics as Comanche Station,The Tall T and Ride Lonesome .These were the work of the excellent screenwriter ,later director, Budd Kennedy while this has a workmanlike script from a pair of studio hacks The storyline is a little thin and this is the only major weak spot in a tense and crisp Western which takes the Civil War as its backdrop .Scott plays a Union cavalry officer assigned to re-establish a stage line that he once managed before the war ,the purpose being to ship gold from California to the Federal banks .He must overcome a Confederate agent ,in the form of Andrew Duggan and still he finds time to romance the feisty and gallant heroine played by Karen Steele Boetticher directs with style and aplomb ;there is a lively musical score and some limpid colour cinematography by J Peverell Mackay that adds real lustre to the look of the picture . Add some strong performances and you get an above average minor Western with a crisp running time and lots of lively action by way of diversion .It is a very neat little movie indeed and recommended to Western fans in particular

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