The opening of the Columbia film, They Rode West took place on Thursday, December 23, 1954, at the Grand theatre (Clark, near Randolph)---it appeared as the bottom-half of a double-bill, the top feaature being Fire Over Africa, starring Maureen O'Hara and MacDonald Carey. No review for They Rode West can be found, but a short preview is available:
Chicago Daily News, Tuesday, December 21, 1954, p. 27, c. 4:
"Fire Over Africa," Technicolor adventure starring MacDonald Carey and Maureen O'Hara, and "They Rode West," Western adventure, start Thursday at the Grand theater.
"Fire Over Africa" deals with a smuggling ring in Tangier.
"They Rode West" again teams Robert Francis and May Wynn who carried the romantic interest in that ruggedly masculine fiilm, "Caine Mutiny."
Donna Reed and Phil Carey are co-starred with Francis and Miss Wynn.
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The ad reads: One False Move Meant Death When The Comaches Attacked! "They Rode West" Columbia Picture, Technicolor, starring Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn, Phil Carey
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In the ad is a photo of Francis and Miss Wynn, underneath: "The 'Caine Mutiny' Lovers" . . .
