Westbound (1959) (MOD) "Biography"

Westbound (1959) (MOD) "Biography"As the Civil War spills our nation's blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him. At any cost. As chiseled and bone lean as its star, Westbound is the sixth of seven Westerns Scott made with director Budd Boetticher, films that along with the James Stewart Anthony Mann Westerns helped remake

and all of a sudden the game's no fun

Marion Hargrove - reporting for comedy duty

Robert MacClaw

double-booked hotel rooms and a nefarious Senate inquiry

regularly put upon

The yarn begins when a jockey heads for that great post position in the sky during a major race

amusing and smartly paced mystery" (Bosley Crowther

Robinson leads the way and Cagney rides shotgun in this brisk tale of barbers who go from cutting hair to cutting in on the gambling racket

She reveals her identity to Michael and begs him to accompany her

a blizzard

That on-screen spark between Haines and Crawford was reflected in off-screen camaraderie

When a preliminary stress test for a revolutionary wing design drafted by Phil fails