West of the Pecos (1945)
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Filling in for RKO's Western ace Tim Holt, who was fighting the war in Europe, a young Robert Mitchum starred in this fine version of Zane Grey's 1937 story of a wild and woolly West. Ordered by his doctor to get some exercise, Chicago meatpacking king Col. Lamberth (Thurston Hall)… More Filling in for RKO's Western ace Tim Holt, who was fighting the war in Europe, a young Robert Mitchum starred in this fine version of Zane Grey's 1937 story of a wild and woolly West. Ordered by his doctor to get some exercise, Chicago meatpacking king Col. Lamberth (Thurston Hall) reluctantly travels west to his Texas hacienda accompanied by his headstrong daughter Rill (Barbara Hale) and her Parisian maid Suzanne (Rita Corday). En route, they witness the killing of a stagecoach driver (Bill Williams), a crime blamed on Pecos Smith (Robert Mitchum), but actually committed by a gang headed by Brad Sawtelle (Harry Woods). Rill, who decides to masquerade as a boy after being accosted by a couple of ruffians, convinces her father to hire Pecos and his Irish-Mexican sidekick Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin). Naturally, Pecos discovers Rill's true gender after a few dicey moments and they fall in love. But the threat from Sawtelle and his gang is ever present and soon the Lamberth hacienda is engaged in an all-out war. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Killy, Jim Martin
- Genres
- Western, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 10, 1945 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
as Pecos Smith
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Barbara Hale
as Rill Lambeth
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Richard Martin
as Chito Rafferty
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Thurston Hall
as Col. Lambeth
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Rita Corday
as Suzanne
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Russell Hopton
as Jeff Stinger
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Bill Williams
as Tex Evans
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Bruce Edwards
as Clyde Morgan
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Harry Woods
as Brad Sawtelle
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Perc Launders
as Sam Sawtelle
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Bryant Washburn
as Doc Howard
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Martin Garralaga
as Don Manuel
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Italia Denubila
as Dancer
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Jack Gargan
as Croupier
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Ethan Laidlaw
as Lookout
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Philip Morris
as Marshal
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Virginia Wave
as Mexican Girl
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Lawrence Wheat
as Butler
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Sammy Blum
as Gambler
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Allan Lee
as Four-Up Driver
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Robert Anderson
as Gambler
