Sunset Pass (1946 film)

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Sunset Pass
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Directed by William Berke
Harry Mancke (assistant)
Doran Cox (assistant)
Screenplay by Norman Houston
Based onSunset Pass
by Zane Grey
Produced by Herman Schlom
Starring James Warren
Nan Leslie
Jane Greer
Cinematography Frank Redman
Edited by Samuel E. Beetley
Music by Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictgures
Release date
  • October 1, 1946 (1946-10-01)(US) [1]
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sunset Pass is a 1946 American Western film directed by William Berke from a screenplay by Norman Houston, based upon the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. The film stars James Warren, Nan Leslie, John Laurenz as Chito Rafferty, Jane Greer, Robert Barrat, Harry Woods, Robert Clarke, Steve Brodie, and Harry Harvey.

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Plot

Rocky, a detective posing as an itenerant 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.

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References

  1. "Sunset Pass: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

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