Raton Pass
Raton Pass is a 1951 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal and Steve Cochran.
Plot
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Pierre Challon and son Marc own a big ranch that encompasses both sides of Raton Pass. They lease additional acres from homesteaders to accommodate their cattle. It is an uneasy arrangement, leading to occasional feuding. Against this background, two strangers arrive: an attractive woman, Ann, and a ruthless gunfighter, Cy Van Cleave, with whom she flirts. After making lunch plans with Cy, she observes an altercation between Cy and Marc, who emerges as the victor. She immediately snubs Van Cleave for Marc, who is quickly enchanted with her feminine charms. Before the town realizes it, the two get hitched. The newlyweds are pleasantly surprised by Papa Pierre's wedding gift, a title deed transferring ownership of the ranch to the happy couple.
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author | James R. Webb Thomas W. Blackburn |
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contentLocation | New Mexico |
director | Edwin L. Marin |
editor | Thomas Reilly |
genre | western |
keywords | adulterous wife bloodletting business trip love affair meet new mexico territory newlywed one take plan ranch foreman range war raton pass the old west wed |
musicBy | Max Steiner |
producer | Saul Elkins |
productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
publisher | Warner Bros. |