Uniform Title |
Canyon Passage (Motion picture : 1946) |
Title |
Canyon Passage. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2022. |
©1946 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (94 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4703 |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. |
Adapted from the novel "Canyon Passage" by Ernest Haycox. |
"The brawny, brawling drama of the Northwest's wildest conquest!" -- Container. |
Credits |
Directed by Jacques Tourneur ; screenplay by Ernest Pascal ; produced by Walter Wanger. |
Performers |
Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward. |
Summary |
A visually beautiful patchwork of action in the Oregon of the 1850s, this film combines all the elements of the classic Western: gunfights, barroom brawls, gambling, gold prospecting, Indian attacks, romance, and the great outdoors. The pioneers around whom this Western drama revolves are pack-mule express owner, light-fingered banker/gambler Camrose, Camrose's fiance Lucy, a villainous outlaw named Bragg, and Johnny Steele, the friend of a man Camrose kills. Plot and subplots interweave, leading to an impressive fight between Logan and Bragg, and a first-rate Indian attack incited by Bragg's killing of one of their women. There's never a dull moment, and it's all bound together by Hoagy Carmichael, with mule and mandolin, as he meanders through the action, singing four of his songs, including Ole Buttermilk Sky. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Audio 2.0 (Dual mono) ; Region 4 ; NTSC ; Widescreen 16:9 ; 1.33:1. |
Language note |
English. |
Subjects |
Haycox, Ernest, -- 1899-1950 -- Film adaptations |
Gamblers -- Drama |
Male friendship -- Drama |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
Western films |
Action and adventure films |
Musical films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977 director. |
Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 producer. |
Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966 screenwriter. |
Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992 actor. |
Donlevy, Brian actor. |
Hayward, Susan, 1917-1975 actor. |
Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950. Canyon passage Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
Series |
Six shooter classics |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992 .
- Donlevy, Brian .
- Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950. Canyon passage .
- Hayward, Susan, 1917-1975 .
- Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966 .
- Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977 .
- Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 .
Series:
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