Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and wife, each of whom owns half of a huge cattle ranch. Neal is a tad more ambitious than her husband, and with the help of a little legal chicanery she tries to obtain Morgan's half of the spread. He balks, so she hires a few gunslingers to press the issue. In a 1951 western, the greedy party usually came to a sorry end; Raton Pass adheres strictly to tradition.
Edwin L. Marin | Director |
Thomas W. Blackburn | Novel |
James R. Webb | Screenplay |
Thomas W. Blackburn | Screenplay |
Wilfrid M. Cline | Director of Photography |
Edward Carrere | Art Direction |
Thomas Reilly | Editor |
Charles Lang | Sound |
Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
Murray Cutter | Orchestrator |