Raton Pass

Raton Pass

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

NR 1951 · 84 min · ★ 4.9 · Western

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.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin · Written by James R. Webb

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