Santa Fe (1951)
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26% of users liked it
(1,205 ratings)
The creative team of producer Harry Joe Brown and star Randolph Scott turned out some of the best westerns of the 1950s, and Santa Fe is no exception. Set in the years following the Civil War, the film casts Scott as Britt Canfield, one of four ex-Confederate brothers who head West to carve out a… More The creative team of producer Harry Joe Brown and star Randolph Scott turned out some of the best westerns of the 1950s, and Santa Fe is no exception. Set in the years following the Civil War, the film casts Scott as Britt Canfield, one of four ex-Confederate brothers who head West to carve out a new life. While his three siblings (Jerome Courtland, Peter Thompson and John Archer) cast their lot on the wrong side of the law, Britt accepts a job with the Santa Fe Railroad. Inevitably, Britt is obliged to bring his wayward brothers to justice, though he knows full well that the person responsible for their downfall is "untouchable" gambling boss Cole Sanders (Roy Roberts). In a well-staged climax, Britt squares accounts with the evil Sanders and his hulking henchman Crake (Jock O'Mahoney). Curiously, many TV prints of Santa Fe were processed with the soundtrack slightly out of sync with the action. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irving Pichel
- Written By
- Kenneth Gamet
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 1, 1951 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 6, 2005
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rousing but charmless western is set soon after the Civil War.
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Cast
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Randolph Scott
as Britt Canfield
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Janis Carter
as Judith Chandler
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Jerome Courtland
as Terry Canfield
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Peter Thompson
as Tom Canfield
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John Archer
as Clint Canfield
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Warner Anderson
as Dave Baxter
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Roy Roberts
as Cole Sanders
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Billy House
as Luke Plummer
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Olin Howland
as Dan Dugan
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Allene Roberts
as Ella Sue
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Harry Cording
as Moore Legrande
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Sven Hugo Borg
as Swede Swanstrom
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Frank Ferguson
as Marshal Bat Masterson
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Irving Pichel
as Harned
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Harry Tyler
as Rusty
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Paul E. Burns
as Uncle Dick Wootton
- Stanley Blystone
- Roy Butler
- Lane Chandler
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Chief Thundercloud
as Chief Longfeather
- Rychard Cramer
- Edgar Dearing
- Budd Fine
- William Haade
- Frank S. Hagney
- Chuck Hamilton
- Reed Howes
- James Kirkwood
- Francis McDonald
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Jock Mahoney
as Crake
- Louis Mason
- Merrill McCormack
- Charles Meredith
- Ralph Sanford
- George Sherwood
- Paul Stanton
- Harry Tenbrook
- Blackie Whiteford
- Guy Wilkerson
- Frank O'Connor
- William Tannen
- Al Kunde
- Charles Evans
- James Mason
