El Paso (1949)
There was one law in El Paso ... you learned to kill quick ... if you wanted to live long!
103 min
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.
- Release date
- March 22, 1949
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Payne as Clay Fletcher
- Gail Russell as Susan Jeffers
- Sterling Hayden as Bert Donner
- George 'Gabby' Hayes as Pesky Tees
- Dick Foran as Sheriff La Farge
- Eduardo Noriega as Don Nacho Vázquez
- Henry Hull as Judge Henry Jeffers
- Mary Beth Hughes as Stagecoach Nellie
- H.B. Warner as Judge Fletcher
- Robert Ellis as Jack Elkins
Crew
- Lewis R. Foster · Director
- Lewis R. Foster · Writer
- J. Robert Bren · Writer
- Gladys Atwater · Writer
- William H. Pine · Producer
- William C. Thomas · Producer
- Darrell Calker · Composer
- Ellis W. Carter · Cinematographer
- Howard A. Smith · Editor