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El Paso is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring John Payne, Gail Russell and Sterling Hayden.
In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
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- Western
- Lewis R. Foster
- 1949-08-05
Aug 14, 2022 · The film was based on a story by J Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater. In July 1947, it was purchased by Pine-Thomas Productions, who had just made another, Western, named after a town in...
- 103 min
- 3.6K
On the stagecoach to El Paso, Texas, Clay's wallet is stolen by "Stagecoach" Nellie, and when he then goes into an El Paso saloon, he stumbles into an impromptu trial called by Sheriff La Farge and land developer Bert Donner.
- Lewis R. Foster, Howard B. Pine
- John Payne
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1949 western film El Paso, directed by Lewis R. Foster. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
A Confederate Cavalry captain (John Payne) practices law and turns gunslinger in post-Civil War Texas.
- Western
Synopsis. 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.
- 103 min
