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Face of a Fugitive (1959) falls more into that category, with MacMurray cast as a morally ambiguous protagonist in one of the last of the minor Westerns that sustained him through the leaner years of the late 1950's, before Disney and TV audiences gave him a whole new career. Here he plays a bank robber on the lam accused of killing a deputy ...
James Coburn turns up in one of his first major roles and hints at what was to come later in his career, and a thumbs up for Alan Baxter who revels in bad guy duties as Reed Williams. Tight and hugely enjoyable, Face of a Fugitive is one to catch if you are a Western genre fan. 6.5/10. 25 out of 30 found this helpful.
Face of a Fugitive (1959) Mark Franklin March 17, 2024 1950s. Fred MacMurray is Jim Larsen, an outlaw being taken to prison by train when he breaks free. Only at the same moment, his brother Danny shows up, determined to assist in his get-away. Danny shoots and kills a deputy; he suffers a mortal wound in the process.
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him.
This film from 1959 however is rather good, another forgotten little Western with only 140 views here on LB, and a small supporting role for someone who'd go on to become one of the Magnificent Seven himself just a year later, Mr. James Coburn. The inhabitants of a pleasant town take a liking to a stranger who is actually a fugitive from the ...
Alice Bailey. Ron Hayes. ... Danny Larsen. Paul E. Burns. ... Jake the Barber (as Paul Burns) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Arthur Berkeley.
Face of a Fugitive is a 1959 American Western film directed by Paul Wendkos. It stars Fred MacMurray, Lin McCarthy, Myrna Fahey, James Coburn and Dorothy Gre...
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