The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Screenplay by	Mary Loos Richard Sale
Produced by	Frank King Maurice King
Starring	Eddie Albert Gale Storm James Gleason
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Richard V. Heermance
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	King Brothers Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	30 May 1948 (USA)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Dude Goes West is a 1948 film starring Eddie Albert and Gale Storm from King Brothers Productions. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and released by Monogram Pictures. The movie was originally known as Tombstone.^[1]

Plot[]

A gunsmith and a marksman, Daniel Bone closes up his Brooklyn, New York, business and travels west, where he feels he belongs. On a train, he encounters passenger Liza Crockett, then sees her purse being stolen by a man whom Dan confronts, disarms, and throws off the train.

The man turns out to be a notorious outlaw, the Pecos Kid, who vows revenge against "the dude" who interfered with his holdup. Liza, however, mistakenly believes Dan was the one who tried to steal her bag. On their way to Arsenic City, Nevada, where a map to her father's gold mine might make Liza a wealthy woman, both Dan and she end up traveling from Carson City in a buckboard. Indians capture them, but Dan's knowledge of their language impresses the tribe's chief.

After arriving in Arsenic City, the two encounter another outlaw, Texas Jack Barton, and a corrupt saloonkeeper, Kiki Kelly, who are all interested in the mine. Dan finds the map, memorizes it, and burns it. He falls in love with Liza and leads her to the gold. When the outlaws ambush them, their new Indian friends ride to their rescue.

Cast[]

• Eddie Albert as Dan Bone
• Gale Storm as Liza Crockett
• Gilbert Roland as the Pecos Kid
• James Gleason as Sam Briggs
• Barton MacLane as Texas Jack
• Binnie Barnes as Kiki Kelly
• Sarah Padden as Mrs. Hulskamp

References[]

External links[]

• The Dude Goes West at IMDb
• The Dude Goes West at the TCM Movie Database
• The Dude Goes West at AllMovie
• The Dude Goes West at the American Film Institute Catalog

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