Santa Fe

4/1/19511h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ BEYOND FORBIDDEN FRONTIERS...Iron men forge a path of steel for "The Iron Horse!" ~

Overview:

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Director:

Irving Pichel

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

railroad
posse

Cast

Randolph Scott

~ as ~

Britt Canfield

Janis Carter

~ as ~

Judith Chandler

Jerome Courtland

~ as ~

Terry Canfield

Peter M. Thompson

~ as ~

Tom Canfield

John Archer

~ as ~

Clint Canfield

Warner Anderson

~ as ~

Dave Baxter

Roy Roberts

~ as ~

Cole Sanders

Billy House

~ as ~

Luke Plummer

Olin Howland

~ as ~

Dan Dugan

Allene Roberts

~ as ~

Ella Sue Canfield

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Captain Canfield is a good man in a fight, I ought to know.

Santa Fe is directed by Irving Pichel and adapted to screenplay by Kenneth Gamet from the James Marshall novel and a story by Louis Stevens. It stars Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Peter M. Thompson, Jerome Courtland and John Archer. A Technicolor production, it's photographed by Charles Lawton Jr. Story is set following the American Civil war and finds Scott as Britt Canfield, one of four ex-Confederate brothers heading West for a new life. While Britt finds honest employment on the Santa Fe railroad, his brothers veer towards the other side of the law.

A routine Western boosted by some quality set pieces and a well crafted script. Watchable from the off, film follows a true course whilst launching off narratively from the bitterness still felt by those who were on opposite sides of the war. It pitches Scott front and centre as the stoic character fending off all sorts of challenges, challenges that come courtesy of Indians, rival companies and his own kin! The acting around Scott is pretty average, though the comic relief from Billy House & Olin Howland is most appealing, while it would have been nice to have some more imposing scenery filling out the screen. All told it's a safe recommendation to Western fans, even if ultimately it's not a genre film to revisit often. 6/10