El Paso
5.9
“There was one law in El Paso ... you learned to kill quick ... if you wanted to live long!”
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.
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Cast
31 people
John Payne
Clay Fletcher
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
Kansas City Confidential
Gail Russell
Susan Jeffers
Known for
The Uninvited
Angel and the Badman
Sterling Hayden
Bert Donner
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Killing
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Pesky Tees
Known for
Tall in the Saddle
Dark Command
Dick Foran
Sheriff La Farge
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
The Petrified Forest
Eduardo Noriega
Don Nacho Vázquez
Known for
Prisionera De Amor
Don't Panic
Henry Hull
Henry Jeffers
Known for
Werewolf of London
Lifeboat
Mary Beth Hughes
Stagecoach Nellie
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
Young Man with a Horn
H.B. Warner
Judge Fletcher
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Robert Ellis
Jack Elkins
Also in
Space Master X-7
Gidget
Catherine Craig
Mrs. Elkins
Also in
The Pretender
Seven Were Saved
Arthur Space
John Elkins
Known for
The Spirit of St. Louis
20 Million Miles to Earth
Lewis R. Foster Director · J. Robert Bren Story Gladys Atwater Story
Budget $1M · United States release March 22, 1949 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 22, 1949
Theatrical
Germany
April 26, 1955 · Theatrical
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