''Surrender'' is a 1950 American

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film directed by

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, written by

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and Sloan Nibley, and starring Vera Ralston, John Carroll,

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, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer and

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. It was released on September 15, 1950, by

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Plot

With her husband Henry Vaan in a

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jail, sultry Violet Barton joins her sister Janet in a border town called La Mirada, where she seduces wealthy newspaperman Johnny Hale into marrying her. Johnny is unaware Violet is a bigamist or that Janet was in love with him. Johnny's best friend, gambler Gregg Delaney, had been the object of Violet's affections at first before she discovered Johnny was rich. Vaan gets out of jail and tracks Violet down, threatening her with blackmail unless her new husband pays him. Vaan is murdered by Violet, who lets Johnny take the rap. Sheriff Bill Howard places him under arrest. Johnny and Gregg each suspect the other of killing Vaan, not realizing it was Violet all along. Gregg helps spring Johnny from jail, then flees with Violet after she finally confesses to her various sins. Howard and his posse pursue the fugitives and kill them both.

Cast

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* 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Allan Dwan Films scored by Nathan Scott (composer) American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub