Three Faces West (1940)

Episode #54

July 24, 2023

180 1 minute read

Republic Pictures released Three Faces West on July 3, 1940. Bernard Vorhaus directed the film starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn.

‘Three Faces West’ Plot Summary

Dr. Karl Braun and his adult daughter Lenchen are Austria refugees who escape the Nazi regime in Europe. Once in America, they seek a place to call home where Dr. Braun can continue his medical practice. They are “adopted” by a farming town in the Mid-West in the heart of the Dust Bowl. The town is in its death throes despite the attempt of the town leader, John Phillips, to keep the spirits and hopes of the town alive. Lenchen wishes to leave but soon begins to fall for John. However, when Lenchen’s Austrian fiancé turns out to be alive, will she stay with John and her father or will she return to her first love?

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