Written by James M. Tate / 3/14/2018 / No comments / action , andy devine , brian donlevy , dana andrews , drama , forties , hoagy carmichael , jacques tourneur , lloyd bridges , susan hayward , ward bond , western
JACQUES TOURNEUR DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'CANYON PASSAGE'
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Title: CANYON PASSAGE Year: 1946 Rates: ****1/2 |
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Dana on book |
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Riding into the Portland Oregon rain |
Meanwhile, interesting side-characters include another frequent Dana co-star, musician Hoagy Carmichael (NIGHT SONG, BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES), as a mandolin-playing expository moral conscious, and Lloyd Bridges (later in Tourneur's Western WICHITA) spitefully ruling the kangaroo court: But the true antagonist's played with gusto by Ward Bond (Dana's SWAMP WATER foe), who causes all sorts of bruised-up and/or deadly havoc, especially in a sublimely choreographed saloon fight scene, where director Tourneur's otherwise rich, artistic lens flows with testosterone-fueled bravado.
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From the Spanish import Blu Ray YEAR of PASSAGE: 1946 |
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The Classy Font fits the classy Western directed by Jacques Tourneur Canyon Passage Jacques Tourneur |
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Considered by some a Noir Western, Canyon Passage's font makes clear it's more a Renaissance Western type |
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The opening takes place in the big city of Frisco, where Dana gets his mission, his girl (friend), and beaten up a bit |
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Dana Andrews and Ward Bond about to square-off in Canyon Passage |
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A nice buy in this Spanish Import of CANYON PASSAGE that's wonderfully Region Free |
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Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward in Canyon Passage |
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Dana Andrews in Canyon Passage Dana Andrews Canyon Passage |
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Victor Cutler loves Dana's girl in this and likes his girl in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
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Lights out with Peter Whitney (later in The Iron Curtain) with Dana Andrews in Canyon Passage |
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British Melodrama import Patricia Roc in her only American film with Dana Andrews |
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Dana fighting his Swamp Water villain turned Canyon Passage villain in a bar fight. No booze wold, only punch. |
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Susan Hayward in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews & Hoagy Carmichael Triad of Best Years of our Lives, Night Song, Canyon Passge |
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Hoagy Carmichael in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Hoagy Carmichael in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE with Ward Bond |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE with Ward Bond |
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Brian Donlevy in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE with Lloyd Bridges |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE with Susan Hayward |
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Susan Hayward in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Three Spanish Imports for Dana Andrews classics of Noir, Horror and Western |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Dana Andrews in CANYON PASSAGE with Susan Hayward |
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Final shot of CANYON PASSAGE |
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Hoagy Carmichael in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Brian Donlevy in CANYON PASSAGE |
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Brian Donlevy in CANYON PASSAGE with Rose Hobart |
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Antique Universal logo for CANYON PASSAGE |
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