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Ramrod (1947 Western, Film Noir, Action, Romance)
About this film
PLOT : Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land. _IMD STORYLINE : --IMDb / STORYLINE: A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results. _IMDb by Rod Crawford IMDb User Review : Ramrod review : (May 18,2020 by JoeytheBrit): Nice guy Joel McCrea is torn between pint-sized femme fatale Veronica Lake and decent seamstress Arleen Whelan in this serviceable Western from the under-valued Andre De Toth. McCrea looks a little lightweight compared to Don Defore and Preston Foster, who stand out as a free-wheeling gun for hire with ambiguous intent and a rancher's heavy with a town under his thumb in a f…
Directors & creators
Producers: Harry Sherman - A Harry Sherman Production Eugene Strong - associate producer (as Gene Strong) / Director: André De Toth (as Andre de Toth) / Writers: Luke Short (by), Jack Moffitt (screenplay) & C. Graham Baker (screenplay) (as Graham Baker), and Cecile Kramer (screenplay), Luke Short (original story) (uncredited) / Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore
Subjects
1947, Classic, Western, Action, Romance, Movie, Based on Novel, Horse and buggy, Silk, Bolt of silk, Dress, Dress maker, Arm sling, Stagecoach, Wild west, American west, Old West, Buckboard, Ranch, Cattle ranch, Rancher, Stampede, Fistfight, Beating, Standoff, Shot to death, Chase, Indimidation, Self defence, Self sacrifice, Feud, Ambush, Gun fight, Gun shot wound, Sheriff, Saloon, Secret, Hideout, Cave, Hiding, Mountain, Pursuit, Horse chase, Seduction, Betrayal, Barfly, Schemer, Scheming woman, Woman slap man, Greed, Violence, Anger, Remorse, Regret, Vindication, Retiribution, Filming (dates): May - August 1946, Filming (locations): Utah, and Enterprise Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA