Characters & Themes
Night Passage (1957) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1957 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- James Neilson
- Starring
- Jack Elam, James Stewart, Paul Fix, Dianne Foster, Ellen Corby, Jay C. Flippen
The night the McLaines' fury erupted, unleashing vengeance across a terror‑stricken land, finds Grant MacLaine—once a railroad troubleshooter—facing the fallout of allowing his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, to escape, which cost him his job. After five years wandering the West, earning a living as an accordion player, his former boss offers him a second chance.
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