Raton Pass

Raton Pass (1951)

1951-04-07 · 84 min · Rating 4.60/10 (12 votes)

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

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.

Western

Keywords

adulterous wife ambitious wife based on novel or book business deal cattle rustling father's property female villain femme fatale feuding families fortune hunter gold digger greedy wife hasty marriage hired goons hired gun inheritance land dispute new mexico territory stagecoach

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