Three Faces West

5.4

79 minutes

7/3/1940

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
Calvin Ellison
as Boy
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 París
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