Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and set in frontier Oregon. It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian uprising, the film was adapted from the 1945 Saturday Evening Post novel Canyon Passage by Ernest Haycox. Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Jack Brooks (lyrics) were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Ole Buttermilk Sky."
Plot
In 1856, ambitious freight company and store owner Logan Stuart agrees to escort Lucy Overmire home to the settlement of Jacksonville, Oregon, along with his latest shipment. Lucy is engaged to Logan's best friend, George Camrose. The night before they depart, however, Logan has to defend himself from a sneak attack in his hotel room; though it is too dark to be sure, he believes his assailant is Honey Bragg. Later, he explains to Lucy that he once saw Bragg leaving the vicinity of two murdered miners. Despite Logan's unwillingness to accuse Bragg (since he did not actually witness the crime), Bragg apparently wants to take no chances.
More details
| author | Ernest Pascal |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Oregon |
| director | Jacques Tourneur |
| editor | Milton Carruth |
| genre | western |
| keywords | ambush best friend engage freight company fresh start getting rich hard work hotel room kill lose lynch murder one night professional gambler steal store owner warn wedding dress |
| musicBy | Hoagy Carmichael |
| producer | Walter Wanger |
| productionCompany | Walter Wanger Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |