Raton Pass

Apr 7, 1951

1h 24m

★ 4.6

"Hold Raton Pass And You Hold The Rest Of The West By The Throat!"

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Raton Pass Trailers

Cast

Marc Challon

Dennis Morgan

Ann Challon

Patricia Neal

Cy Van Cleave

Steve Cochran

Prentice

Scott Forbes

Lena Casamajor

Dorothy Hart

Pierre Challon

Basil Ruysdael

Jim Pozner (as Louis J. Heydt)

Louis Jean Heydt

Sheriff Perigord

Roland Winters

Hank

James Burke

Tia

Elvira Curci

Germaine

Carlos Conde

Sam

John Crawford

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