Three Faces West

Three Faces West

79 mins | Drama, Romance | July 3, 1940

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich. She must decide between the two men.

Three Faces West

79 mins | Drama, Romance | July 3, 1940

Three Faces West
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich. She must decide between the two men.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Three Faces West
Directors Kenneth Holmes, Bernard Vorhaus
Writers Joseph Moncure March, F. Hugh Herbert, Samuel Ornitz

Cast

John Wayne

as John Phillips

Sigrid Gurie

as Leni 'Lenchen' Braun

Charles Coburn

as Dr. Karl Braun

Spencer Charters

as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

Helen MacKellar

as Mrs. Welles

Roland Varno

as Dr. Eric Von Scherer

Sonny Bupp

as Billy Welles

Wade Boteler

as Mr. Harris, Department of Agriculture Official

Trevor Bardette

as Clem Higgins

Russell Simpson

as Minister

Charles Waldron

as Dr. William Thorpe

Wendell Niles

as Man-on-the-Street Radio Announcer

Frank Brownlee

as Bill--Farmer

Bob Burns

as Farmer

Horace B. Carpenter

as White-Haired Farmer in Oregon

Hugh Chapman

as Boy

Jim Corey

as Churchgoer

Douglas Evans

as 'We the People' Radio MC

Mary Field

as Mrs. Stebbins

Francis Ford

as Farmer Bill, with Higgins

Byron Foulger

as Joe Stebbins

Stuart Holmes

as Extra Farmer at Meeting

Si Jenks

as Train Conductor

Darwood Kaye

as Boy Patient Sitting in Chair

Gretchen Kisker

as Girl

Lola Milliorn

as Girl

Arthur Millett

as Farmer

Jack Montgomery

as Joe--Farmer

Bill Nestell

as Farmer

Manuel ParĂ­s

as Refugee Doctor

Hank Patterson

as Pool Player

Rose Plumer

as White Haired Farmer's Wife

Victor Potel

as Postman

Dewey Robinson

as Bartender

John Sheehan

as Man Asking When Wedding Will Be

Ted Stanhope

as Farmer

Frederick Vogeding

as Herr Schmidt, Eric's Assistant

Bill Wolfe

as Farmer Driving to Oregon

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Dr. Rudolf Preussner