The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and wife, each of whom owns half of a huge cattle ranch. Neal is a tad more ambitious than her husband, and with the help of a little legal chicanery she tries to obtain Morgan's half of the spread. He balks, so she hires a few gunslingers to press the issue. In a 1951 western, the greedy party usually came to a sorry end; Raton Pass adheres strictly to tradition.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Edwin L. MarinDirector
- James R. WebbScreenplay
- Thomas W. BlackburnScreenplay
Cast
- Dennis MorganMarc Challon
- Patricia NealAnn Challon
- Steve CochranCy Van Cleave
- Scott ForbesPrentice
- Dorothy HartLena Casamajor
- Basil RuysdaelPierre Challon
- Louis Jean HeydtJim Pozner (as Louis J. Heydt)
- Roland WintersSheriff Perigord
- James BurkeHank
- Elvira CurciTia
- Carlos CondeGermaine
- John CrawfordSam
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookfemme fataleinheritancestagecoachgold diggerfemale villainhired gunbusiness dealcattle rustlingfortune hunterfather's propertyland dispute