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El Paso

(1949)

March 22, 1949• 1h 43m
60%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Lewis R. Foster

Director

Top Billed Cast

JP

John Payne

Clay Fletcher

GR

Gail Russell

Susan Jeffers

SH

Sterling Hayden

Bert Donner

G'H

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Pesky Tees

DF

Dick Foran

Sheriff La Farge

EN

Eduardo Noriega

Don Nacho Vázquez

HH

Henry Hull

Henry Jeffers

MBH

Mary Beth Hughes

Stagecoach Nellie

HW

H.B. Warner

Judge Fletcher

RE

Robert Ellis

Jack Elkins