{"id":3651,"date":"2007-07-12T21:53:52","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T04:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2021-01-31T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:07:36","slug":"westbound-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3651","title":{"rendered":"Westbound (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We need gold to fight the war. We need as much as we can get, and as fast as we can get it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Westbound-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Westbound-Poster-116x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Westbound-Poster-116x300.jpg 116w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Westbound-Poster-49x128.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Civil War, Union Captain John Hayes (Randolph Scott) is asked to set up a stagecoach delivery route to transport much-needed gold from California. He receives help from wounded soldier Rod Miller (Michael Dante) and Rod&#8217;s wife, Jeanie (Karen Steele), but must fight back against a group of strident pro-Confederates.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Budd Boetticher Films<\/li>\n<li>Civil War<\/li>\n<li>Randolph Scott Films<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Mayo Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Westbound<\/em> is generally considered to be one of the &#8220;lesser&#8221; collaborations between director Budd Boetticher and actor Randolph Scott, who made seven westerns together in just four years. While based on an interesting premise, the script is hampered by a dull, underdeveloped sideplot involving Scott&#8217;s former love interest (played by Virginia Mayo), who has married the town&#8217;s insipid bigwig (Andrew Duggan). Much more compelling are Karen Steele (Boetticher&#8217;s real-life wife) and Michael Dante as newlyweds trying to cope with Dante&#8217;s crippling war injury; this story is really theirs. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The touching homecoming scene between Rod and Jeanie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3647\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael Dante as the one-armed veteran<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Dante.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Dante.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3648\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Karen Steele as Jeanie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Steele.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Steele.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3650\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A rare &#8217;50s film to explicitly posit Confederates as evil and Unionists as just<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Showdown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Showdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3649\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly recommended for Boetticher fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0053441\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/26572\/westbound#articles-reviews?articleId=1077\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/westbound\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We need gold to fight the war. We need as much as we can get, and as fast as we can get it!&#8221; Synopsis: During the Civil War, Union Captain John Hayes (Randolph Scott) is asked to set up a stagecoach delivery route to transport much-needed gold from California. He receives help from wounded soldier Rod Miller (Michael Dante) and Rod&#8217;s wife, Jeanie (Karen Steele), but must fight back against a group of strident pro-Confederates. 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