Sleepers West

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Sleepers West ★★ ½ 1941

Ah, the romance of the sleeper train! Only Shayne's (Nolan) on the job, transporting alcoholic ex-showgirl Helen (Hughes) from Denver to San Francisco so she can give her surprise testimony in a murder trial. Also aboard are Shayne's ex-girlfriend, snoopy reporter Kay Bentley (Bari), and her lawyer fiance (Douglas). Could they have anything to do with the attempts to prevent Helen from arriving safely at the station? 74m/B DVD . Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Donald Douglas, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello, Ben Carter; D: Eugene Forde; W: Lou Breslow, Stanley Rauh; C: J. Peverell Marley; M: Cyril Mockridge.

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