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- Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, the story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts.
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Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy.
Night Passage: Directed by James Neilson. With James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster. A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- James Neilson
- 1957-08-26
Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy. Plot. On the way to meet his former boss -- railroad tycoon Ben Kimball -- Grant McLaine rescues a young boy, Joey Adams, from villain Concho.
James Neilson's Night Passage (1957), a fairly standard-issue 1950s Western starring James Stewart, doesn't set the world on fire, but it may have been a different story - quite literally - if its original director, Anthony Mann, hadn't parted ways with Stewart over what he considered to be a poor screenplay. The rift between Mann and Stewart ...
- James Neilson
- James Stewart
Night Passage James Stewart wasn't impressed with the script, but accepted the role of Grant McLaine because he believed the part would allow him to show off his skills as an accordion player. However, all of his accordion playing was re-recorded by a professional prior to the movie's release.
Mann's decision created a rift between James Stewart and him, and the pair never worked together again. Journeyman director James Neilson took over the movie. The opening scenes of Night Passage play like a classic Mann Western. Stewart stars as Grant McLaine, who makes his living by playing the accordion after being fired by the railroad five ...
Jesse arrives in Paradise and checks into the Paradise Motel. Following a night of drinking and another frustrating phone call with his ex-wife, Jesse shows up to his formal job interview intoxicated, but is still offered the job. Jesse is suspicious of why he is hired and why his predecessor retired.
