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 enlarge | Director: James Neilson
Actors: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Reiko Dan, Elaine Stewart
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582261578
ASIN: B0002K10M0
Theatrical Release Date: 1957
Release Date: August 23, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Thanks to ultracrisp Technirama photography of great mountainside and river gorge locations in Colorado, Night Passage is often terrific to look at; you can almost feel the autumn sun and brisk air. This should have been another classic Western pairing James Stewart with director Anthony Mann. But after choosing the locations, cast, and crew, and directing the precredit sequence, Mann abruptly resigned. He found Borden Chase's screenplay an "incoherent" rehash of relationships and setups from their previous films, nor was he encouraged by Stewart's determination to play the accordion and sing. Stewart's an ex-railroad cop who became a pariah by letting a prisoner--Audie Murphy's "The Utica Kid"--escape. The two cross paths again in a ghost town where Dan Duryea, doing a zany version of his loony outlaw from Winchester '73, has holed up with his gang. Replacement director James Neilson, a newcomer destined for bland Disney servitude, fosters a lot of flatfooted standing-around.
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Two REAL American Heroes and stunning scenery in this enjoyable A-Western February 24, 2007
Robert J. Evered
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957) this should have been another classic collaboration for James Stewart and Anthony Mann, following their acclaimed work on five westerns from WINCHESTER 73 (1950) to THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (1955). But they sadly fell out at the pre-production stage. Mann who was scheduled to direct wasn't too happy with the Bordan Chase script, of a story by Norman A Fox. But Stewart was desperate to do it for several reasons not least that it gave him the opportunity to do a lot of accordion playing, an instrument that he had learnt to play as a youngster.
Whatever the rights or wrongs of it Stewart pressed on with the film despite every ones advice perhaps not least because he had a stubborn streak running through him like many of his western personas. The new first-time director was James Neilson and many of the cast included those seen in the aforementioned five westerns like Dan Duryea Jay C Flippen, Jack Elam, Robert J. Wilke and others. Also drafted in were Brandon de Wilde (SHANE), Olive Carey (THE SEARCHERS) and last but not least the boyish-looking 32 year-old Audie Murphy who played Stewart's younger brother known as the Utica Kid
The story is basically of an itinerant-musician and erstwhile railroad detective Grant McLaine (Stewart) who had been wrongly accused of an earlier robbery was given one final chance to redeem himself by rail boss Ben Kinball (Flippen) to get the long-overdue payroll up to the railhead, in between is a manic Whitey Harbin (Duryea) and his gang, plus the on-the-fringe Utica Kid (Murphy) trying to stop him.
Much of the film was shot at around 9000 feet The film was shot in the rarefied atmosphere about 90 minutes drive away from Durango Colorado at times 8000 to 9000 feet above sea level, this made for exhausting work for all involved. William H Daniels was the cinematographer and Clifford Stine was responsible for the Special camera work, I assume that this included the stunning photography following the train along the river and up into the mountains?
This DVD is in the original Technirama widescreen aspect and it certainly gives the film at times an almost 3D quality to it. Also included here is the original theatre trailer -- At the time of writing this film is nearly fifty years old and has survived the test of time probably better than many of its critics of the day gave it on its release. -- No. This isn't a Classic Mann Stewart Western, but is still well worth watching if for the splendid photography and to compare those two "REAL" WW2 American hero's Stewart and Murphy close up. Dan Duryea was probably the common denominators between the two stars named ahead of the title, as he had worked with both separately on several occasions.
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