Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West

Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated Nevada train depot. On the run from the con men responsible, Lewis stumbles across "real" cowboys--cowboy actors shooting a movie in the desert. The would-be writer soon finds himself instead acting in Westerns, for the rundown Tumbleweed Productions studio, in Depression-era Hollywood.

Cast for Hearts of the West...

Jeff Bridges
Lewis Tater
Alan Arkin
Bert Kessler
Blythe Danner
Miss Trout
Andy Griffith
Howard Pike
Richard B. Shull
Stout Crook
Anthony James
Lean Crook
Frank Cady
Pa Tater
Matt Clark
Jackson
Dub Taylor
Nevada Ticket Agent
Marie Windsor
Woman in Nevada
Thayer David
Bank Manager
Frank Bonner
Assistant Director at Musical Scene (uncredited)
Woodrow Parfrey
Mr. Gates - Producer (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
Customer at Cafe Rio (uncredited)
Fred Ward
Sam (uncredited)