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Plot. On the way to meet his former boss -- railroad tycoon Ben Kimball -- Grant McLaine rescues a young boy, Joey Adams, from villain Concho. Ben informs Grant that his payroll has been robbed three times already by a gang led by Whitey Harbin and the Utica Kid. If Ben's workers do not get paid soon, they will all leave the end-of-track work camp.
- $2.6 million (US)
- Aaron Rosenberg
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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- James Neilson
- Approved
- Action, Adventure, Drama
Night Passage. Former railroad worker Grant McLaine (James Stewart) is hired by boss Ben Kimball (Jay C. Flippen) to help transport the railroad's payroll. The train carrying the payroll has been ...
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- James Stewart
- James Neilson
- Western
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss. James Neilson. Director.
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.
Eventually Grant and the Kid will have to have a showdown, unless Grant can convince him to go straight. Anthony Mann was set to direct, at Stewart's request, but declined, damaging his relationship with Stewart. Source for information on Night Passage: VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever dictionary.
