Albuquerque
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Cast & Crew
Ray Enright
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
George "gabby" Hayes
Lon Chaney [jr.]
Russell Hayden
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In 1878, when a stagecoach en route to Albuquerque, New Mexico, is ambushed, one man is killed, and passenger Celia Wallace is robbed of ten thousand dollars. Passenger Cole Armin fights the assailants, then saves a little girl named Myrtle Walton from the runaway coach. In town, when Celia and her brother Ted realize Cole is the nephew of John Armin, who has been bankrupting his freight competitors by nefarious means, they snub him. Cole demands the Wallaces' money from Armin, and has his uncle's henchman, Jackson, arrested for the stagecoach murder. Cole then returns the money to the Wallaces, and becomes business partners with Ted. After Jackson threatens to expose Armin, Sheriff Linton, whom Armin controls, allows Jackson to escape so that Armin's henchman, Steve Murkil, can kill him. Later, Armin hires Letty Tyler to spy on Cole and Ted and, using her information, attempts to sabotage their shipments by blowing up one of their contract mines and shooting Ted in the leg. Furious about being used as an accomplice in attempted murder, Letty confronts Armin, then leaves her gloves in his office. Cole finds the gloves and confronts Letty at the same time that Armin burns his own office to frame Cole for arson. The sheriff arrests Cole, and at his trial, Letty testifies that Cole was at her house when the fire occurred. Letty's confession causes Celia, who has since become engaged to Cole, to refuse to marry him. Cole is acquitted, but the judge places him and Armin under a peace order, so that when Murkil attacks Cole, he must risk arrest to defend himself. Letty, however, threatens to expose Armin if he has Cole arrested. While Cole joins his sidekick, Juke, in the dangerous climb to a mountain-top mine, Letty exonerates Cole with Celia and Ted. Celia then races to warn Cole that per Armin's orders, Matt Wayne and his gang of killers are waiting to ambush him in town. Later, while executing the dangerous descent from the mountain, Cole nearly sends Juke and his mules to their deaths because of a break that had been tampered with by Armin's gang. When Cole and Juke arrive in town, a shootout begins, during which Cole shoots the sheriff and Murkil, and Juke is shot in the hand. The U.S. Cavalry arrives in time to end the gunfight, and Armin is shot dead in the mêlée. Later, Juke, who resisted marriage to Pearl, the town barber, because she wanted to cut off his beard, finally agrees to a shave.
Director
Ray Enright
Cast
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
George "gabby" Hayes
Lon Chaney [jr.]
Russell Hayden
Catherine Craig
George Cleveland
Irving Bacon
Bernard J. Nedell
Karolyn Grimes
Russell Simpson
Jody Gilbert
Dan White
John Halloran
Walter Baldwin
Sailor Vincent
Crew
Mona Barry
Ben Berk
Darrell Calker
David Chudnow
Stephen Foster
Gar K. Gilbert
Kenneth Green
Ed Henderson
George Hill
Fred Jackman Jr.
Gene Lewis
Jack Masters
L. B. Merman
Vern Murdock
Howard Pine
William H. Pine
Elias H. Reif
Earl Sitar
Howard Smith
Frances Steens
F. Paul Sylos
Vincent Taylor
William C. Thomas
Clarence Upson Young
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The working title of this film was Dead Freight for Piute. Executive producers William H. Pine and William C. Thomas formed their own production company, Clarion Productions, at the time this film was made. According to Hollywood Reporter news items, actress Barbara Britton filed suit against Paramount, claiming that she was "promised a co-star billing, but was only featured." She later withdrew the lawsuit. Portions of the film were shot in Sedona, AZ, and in various locations in California.
