Raton Pass( 1951)

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"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.

Top Billed Cast

Dennis Morgan
Marc Challon
Patricia Neal
Ann Challon
Steve Cochran
Cy Van Cleave
Scott Forbes
Prentice
Dorothy Hart
Lena Casamajor
Basil Ruysdael
Pierre Challon
Louis Jean Heydt
Jim Pozner (as Louis J. Heydt)
Roland Winters
Sheriff Perigord
James Burke
Hank
Elvira Curci
Tia
Carlos Conde
Germaine
John Crawford
Sam
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Ben
Frosty Royce
Frosty (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Treadwell - Lawyer (uncredited)
Jim Frasher
Buddy Eastman (uncredited)
George Bell
George (uncredited)
Margarita Martín
Lupe (uncredited)
Ida Smeraldo
Maria (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
Carl Andre
Carl (uncredited)
Dan White
Scout (uncredited)
Al Haskell
Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
Townsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Cowhand (uncredited)
Fox O'Callahan
Cowhand (uncredited)
Art Felix
Cowhand (uncredited)
Carol Henry
Cowhand (uncredited)
Chick Hannan
Cowhand (uncredited)
Roque Ybarra
Cowhand (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Cowhand (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Cowhand (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Cowhand (uncredited)
Frank Matts
Cowhand (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

8.5

Written by John Chard on Fri Nov 08 2013

Thou shall not pass this pass! Raton Pass is directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Thomas W. Blackburn and James R. Webb. It stars Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes and Dorothy Hart. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Wilfred M. Cline. Two families feuding over land either side of Raton Pass, New Mexico. Into their lives comes a beautiful seductress with manipulation and land dominance on her agenda... Well well, what a treat. Something of a rare, little known or seen Oater, Raton Pass (AKA: Canyon Pass) really takes you by surprise. From the of...