Three Faces West
What barrier mars the path of their destiny...the fulfillment of their right to happiness?
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7/3/1940Runtime
79 minsOverview
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.
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A Depression-era romance about displacement and belonging, where a refugee woman torn between two men must navigate loyalty and new possibility as her town flees ecological disaster. It's earnest Americana filtered through the specific trauma of exile, blending frontier movement with intimate emotional stakes.
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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
Charles Waldron
Dr. William Thorpe
Wendell Niles
Man-on-the-Street Radio Announcer
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