Night Passage

“This was the night when the naked fury of the McLaines flamed out with consuming vengeance across a terrorized land!”

Grant McLaine (James Stewart) used to be a railroad troubleshooter, until he let the outlaw known as the Utica Kid (Audie Murphy) get away and lost the job. Five years on, he drifts across the West and earns his living playing the accordion, until his old boss offers him a second chance. James Neilson leaves him on the road with the accordion strapped across his chest and a dusty hat pulled low.