Highway West

{{short description|1941 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Highway West | image = Highway West.jpg | caption = | director = William C. McGann | producer = Edmund Grainger | based_on = {{based on|''Heat Lightning''<br>1933 play|George Abbott<br>Leon Abrams}} | writer = {{ubl|Charles Kenyon|Kenneth Gamet}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Brenda Marshall|Arthur Kennedy|William Lundigan}} | music = William Lava | cinematography = Ted D. McCord | editing = Jack Killifer | studio = Warner Bros. Pictures | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures | released = {{Film date|1941|08|07}} | runtime = 64 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Highway West''''' is a 1941 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and starring Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy and William Lundigan. It is a remake of the 1934 film ''Heat Lightning''.<ref>Goble p.1</ref> It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley.

==Plot== A woman discovers that her apparently respectable businessman husband is in fact a notorious bank robber.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Brenda Marshall as Claire Foster * Arthur Kennedy as George Foster * William Lundigan as Dave Warren * Olympe Bradna as Myra Abbott * Slim Summerville as Gramps Abbott * Noel Madison as Salvo - Henchman * Dorothy Tree as Salvo's Moll * Willie Best as Bub Wellington * Pat Flaherty as Eddie - Motorcycle Cop * Frank Wilcox as Murph - Motorcycle Cop * John Ridgely as Alex - Armored Car Guard * William B. Davidson as Gorman * Dick Rich as Mike - Trucker at Cafe * James Westerfield as Swede - Trucker at Cafe * Victor Zimmerman as Jake * Creighton Hale as Waiter * Jack Mower as Police Patrolman * Paul Panzer as Gas Station Attendant * Frank Mayo as Police Patrolman * Wade Boteler as Sheriff at Cafe-Bar }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0033718}} * {{TCMDb title|3359}} * {{AFI film|26739}}

Category:1941 films Category:1941 crime films Category:American crime films Category:Films directed by William C. McGann Category:Warner Bros. films Category:1941 English-language films Category:1941 American films Category:Films scored by William Lava Category:English-language crime films