The Blue Hotel

The Blue Hotel

1977 · 52 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama, Western, TV Movie

Nebraska in the 1880's: bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of THE BLUE HOTEL represents the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him. Inevitably, the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Jan Kadar directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.

Directed by Ján Kadár · Written by Harry Mark Petrakis

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Cast

David Warner Swede
Rex Everhart Scully
James Keach Johnnie
John Bottoms Cowboy
Geddeth Smith Easterner
Tom Aldredge The Stranger - Gambler
Red Sutton Farmer
Lisa Pelikan Younger Daughter
Rae C. Wright Older Daughter
Henry Fonda Self - Series Host (uncredited)

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