अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंAfter two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
- निर्देशक
- लेखक
- स्टार
- पुरस्कार
- कुल 1 नामांकन
- Cook
- (as Olin Howlin)
- Stageline Hired Hand
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Barfly
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Barfly
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Bouncer
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Townsman
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Waiter
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
When the film begins, undercover agent 'Haven' arrives in town and his cover is that of a hard-bitten jerk. Soon he picks a fight with the biggest and meanest guy in town...and after besting him, he's given entree into the local gang. And what sort of mischief is the gang up to? They're behind gold robberies...robbing not only the stage but the US Cavalry, when they killed two soldiers.
This movie has most things you'd see in a B, though I really liked seeing Powell in the lead instead of the usual B heros such as Roy Rogers or Hopaling Cassidy. On hand to support him are the likes of Jane Greer, Agnes Morehead and Burl Ives. Nothing really that special here, but a very good western with a very exciting leading man.
On the surface, Dick Powell, as the undercover military officer trying to solve a series of gold robberies, is an unlikely leading man. He's more commanding here than many square-jawed actors, and when the film is over it's hard to imagine anyone else in the role.
This is one of those extremely satisfying movies where nothing seems forced or labored. It has that effortless fluidity and clearness of purpose that makes it just as entertaining today as I'm sure it was 50 years ago.
The filming is rather innovative for the time, with realistic hand-held shots peeking through tree branches, at saddle level, or in the case of the aforementioned fight scene, employing angles that join Powell and Williams as they brawl on the dusty bar-lit road. Lanfield invites the viewer into the scene, creating a first person viewpoint that is entirely intimate.
There are a few flaws in the writing, but on the whole, viewing Stations West is an excellent way to spend 80 minutes. Very entertaining!
Only Station West was done during Powell's time as a noir star and he brings the genre west with him. Done in the obligatory black and white photography, Station West is a moody atmospheric thriller.
It's not a mystery because you pretty much know who the bad guys are early on. But it does show Powell's dogged determination to find out who committed a gold robbery in which two soldiers were killed while guarding the shipment.
Powell gets good support from Jane Greer as town saloon owner, Agnes Moorehead as a mine owner, and Raymond Burr as a shyster attorney. Burr is a revelation. Usually the villains he did before doing Perry Mason are pretty strong characters. He's quite the weakling here.
Powell never made another western feature film, but his Four Star Productions produced Zane Grey Theatre in the Fifties on television and Powell himself appeared in many of the half hour stories.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाJane Greer got the role after Marlene Dietrich turned it down.
- गूफ़When the lawyer Mark Bristow is attacked by gunmen outside his office (1 hr, 8 min mark) , bullets shatter the upper window on the office door and the glass shatters and falls, destroying most of the "Mark Bristow" decal on the glass. A minute later when the sheriff arrives, the door's window is intact.
- भाव
Bartender: You couldn't be looking for trouble, could you?
John Haven: I could, but I'm not.
Bartender: Well that's fine. Because this is one of the best places west of the Atlantic Ocean to find it.
John Haven: That was my first impression.
Bartender: That lieutenant's a nice young boy.
John Haven: I don't doubt it. But his mouth is too big... like your ears.
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनExists in a computer-colorized version.
- साउंडट्रैकSometime Remind Me To Tell You
Lyrics by Mort Greene
Music by Leigh Harline
Sung by Jane Greer (uncredited)
टॉप पसंद
- How long is Station West?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
विवरण
- चलने की अवधि
- 1 घं 37 मि(97 min)
- रंग
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.37 : 1