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Running time. 90 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $2.6 million (US) [1] Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy.
- $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
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
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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" wasn't well-received by either critics or audiences back in the day, but watching the film now, it's pleasures become obvious. Stewart is in fine form and gets excellent support from the aforementioned co-stars. The film is peppered with many familiar faces including Jack Elam, Paul Fix and Ellen Corby.
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 years earlier. It turns out that Grant, who was responsible for the railroad's security, let an outlaw named The Utica Kid ride away.
Night Passage was supposed to be the 6th western and 9th film of the director/actor combination of James Stewart and Anthony Mann. Unfortunately Stewart and Mann quarreled and Mann walked off the picture. James Neilson, who later went on to direct a bunch of Disney products, did most of the film. Of course Jimmy Stewart and a cast of Mann ...
As many Western fans know, Night Passage was all set up to be the sixth genre collaboration between director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart. After a run of successful and genre defining "adult" Westerns, the prospect of another was mouth watering to the genre faithful.
