El Paso
El Paso
Release: 1949-03-22
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 5.7
Western
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
John Payne
as Clay Fletcher
Irving Bacon
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Peggy McIntyre
Catherine Craig
as Mrs. Elkins
Pierre Watkin
Sterling Hayden
as Bert Donner
H.B. Warner
as Judge Fletcher
Jack Perrin
as Barfly (uncredited)
Denver Pyle
as Vigilante (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Chief Yowlachie
Robert Ellis
as Jack Elkins
Steven Geray
as Mexican Joe
Reed Howes
Eduardo Noriega
as Don Nacho Vázquez
Mary Beth Hughes
as Stagecoach Nellie
Arthur Space
as John Elkins
John Hart
Gail Russell
as Susan Jeffers
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Pesky Tees
Henry Hull
as Henry Jeffers
Nacho Galindo
Lee 'Lasses' White
Argentina Brunetti
as Don Nacho's Woman (uncredited)
Dan White
as Henchman (uncredited)
Dick Foran
as Sheriff La Farge
Lorin Raker
Gloria Winters
