Station West

Station West
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySidney Lanfield
Screenplay byFrank Fenton
Winston Miller
Based onStation West
1947 novel
by Luke Short
Produced byRobert Sparks
StarringDick Powell
Jane Greer
Agnes Moorehead
Burl Ives
CinematographyHarry J. Wild
Edited byFrederic Knudtson
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Production
company
RKO Pictures
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1948 (1948-10-19) (premiere-Chicago)[1]
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.7 million (US rentals)[2]

Station West is a 1948 American Western film directed by Sidney Lanfield and based on a Western novel by Luke Short.[3] Burl Ives plays a small role and sings the following songs on the soundtrack: "A Stranger in Town," "The Sun's Shining Warm," and "A Man Can't Grow Old."[4]

  1. ^ "Station West: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  3. ^ Station West at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  4. ^ Station West at IMDb. Soundtrack section. Accessed: July 24, 2013.