El Paso

1949

103 min

5.6

Ends at

Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.

Budget

$0

Genre

Western

Director

Lewis R. Foster

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

John Payne

Gail Russell

Sterling Hayden

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Dick Foran

Eduardo Noriega

Henry Hull

Mary Beth Hughes

H.B. Warner

Robert Ellis

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El Paso

Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.

  • John Payne

  • Gail Russell

  • Sterling Hayden

  • George 'Gabby' Hayes

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