All Faces West

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All Faces West
Directed by Raymond K. Johnson
Written by George W. Pyper
Raymond K. Johnson
Produced by Lewis H. Moomaw
W. Ray Johnston
Starring Ben Lyon
Marie Prevost
Anders Randolf
CinematographyHobart H. Brownell
King D. Gray
Edited by George McGuire
Music byJames G. Henshel
Production
company
Pioneer Film Corporation
Distributed bySyndicate Film Exchange
Release date
March 2, 1929
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish (sound version)
English intertitles (silent version)

All Faces West is a 1929 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost and Anders Randolf. [1] It was shot in late 1928 on location in Utah. It premiered in Salt Lake City as a silent film, but was re-edited in 1931 with added music and sound effects for re-release as a sound fim under the alternative title Call of the Rockies.

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Plot

Mormon pioneers settle in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century.

Cast

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  1. D'Arc, p. 266.

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