''Sunset Pass'' is a 1946 American

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film directed by

William Berke William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a three-dec ...

from a screenplay by Norman Houston, based upon the novel of the same name by

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier ...

. The film stars James Warren,

Nan Leslie Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American Western (genre), western television series ''The Californians (TV series), The Californians''. Life an ...

, John Laurenz as Chito Rafferty,

Jane Greer Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress best known for her role as ''femme fatale'' Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir ''Out of the Past''. In 2009, ''The Guardian'' ...

Robert Barrat Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor. Early years Barratt was born on July 10, 1891 in New York City, and educated in the public schools there. He left ...

, Harry Woods,

Robert Clarke Robert Irby Clarke (June 1, 1920 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s. In succeeding decades he appeared in more conventional television, and in ''The King Family Show'', ...

, Steve Brodie, and Harry Harvey.

Plot

Rocky, a detective posing as an itinerant cowpoke, boards a train with his partner, Chito Rafferty. Rocky's job is to help ensure the delivery of business funds to the small cattle town of Wagon Tongue. Just before its arrival, however, the train is cleaned out by a band of masked bandits. Back in Wagon Tongue, the bank manager, Mr. Daab, frustrated by the robbery, fires Rocky. But his dismissal does not deter him from following up on the robbery. Rocky makes it his goal to recover the cash and save the solvency of the town's various businesses.

Cast

* James Warren as Rocky *

as Jane Preston * John Laurenz as Chito Rafferty *

as Lolita Baxter *

as Rand Curtis * Harry Woods as Cinnabar *

as Ash Preston * Steve Brodie as Cashier Slagle * Harry Harvey as Daab - Banker

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

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