Night Passage

Jul 24, 1957

1h 30m

★ 6.4

This was the night when the naked fury of the McLaines flamed out with consuming vengeance across a terrorized land!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Grant McLaine

James Stewart

The Utica Kid

Audie Murphy

Whitey Harbin

Dan Duryea

Charlotte Drew

Dianne Foster

Verna Kimball

Elaine Stewart

Joey Adams

Brandon De Wilde

Ben Kimball

Jay C. Flippen

Will Renner

Herbert Anderson

Concho

Robert J. Wilke

Jeff Kurth

Hugh Beaumont

Shotgun

Jack Elam

Howdy Sladen

Tommy Cook

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