Three Faces West (1940)

5.5/10 79 min Drama Romance Western

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

John Wayne

John Phillips

Sigrid Gurie

Leni 'Lenchen' Braun

Charles Coburn

Dr. Karl Braun

Spencer Charters

Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

Helen MacKellar

Mrs. Welles

Roland Varno

Dr. Eric Von Scherer

Sonny Bupp

Billy Welles

Wade Boteler

Mr. Harris, Department of Agriculture Official

Trevor Bardette

Clem Higgins

Russell Simpson

Minister

Wendell Niles

Man-on-the-Street Radio Announcer

Frank Brownlee

Bill--Farmer

Bob Burns

Farmer

Horace B. Carpenter

White-Haired Farmer in Oregon

Jim Corey

Churchgoer

Douglas Evans

'We the People' Radio MC

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