SANTA FE (DVD/P&S 1.33/MONO/ENG-JAP-SUB) DVD

Santa Fe
The creative team of producer Harry Joe Brown and star Randolph Scott turned out some of the best westerns of the 1950s, and Santa Fe is no exception. Set in the years following the Civil War, the film casts Scott as Britt Canfield, one of four ex-Confederate brothers who head West to carve out a new life. While his three siblings (Jerome Courtland, Peter Thompson and John Archer) cast their lot on the wrong side of the law, Britt accepts a job with the Santa Fe Railroad. Inevitably, Britt is obliged to bring his wayward brothers to justice, though he knows full well that the person responsible for their downfall is "untouchable" gambling boss Cole Sanders (Roy Roberts). In a well-staged climax, Britt squares accounts with the evil Sanders and his hulking henchman Crake (Jock O'Mahoney). Curiously, many TV prints of Santa Fe were processed with the soundtrack slightly out of sync with the action. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Randolph Scott as Britt Canfield Janis Carter as Judith Chandler Jerome Courtland as Terry Canfield Peter Thompson as Tom Canfield John Archer as Clint Canfield Warner Anderson as Dave Baxter Roy Roberts as Cole Sanders Billy House as Luke Plummer Olin Howland as Dan Dugan Allene Roberts as Ella Sue Harry Cording as Moore Legrande Sven Hugo Borg as Swede Swanstrom Frank Ferguson as Marshal Bat Masterson Irving Pichel as Harned Harry Tyler as Rusty Paul E. Burns as Uncle Dick Wootton

Crew Walter Holscher - Art Director Irving Pichel - Director Gene Havlick - Editor Morris W. Stoloff - Musical Direction/Supervision Charles Lawton - Cinematographer Harry Joe Brown - Producer Louis Stevens - Screen Story Kenneth Gamet - Screenwriter James Vance Marshall - Book Author

Santa Fe
Santa Fe covers almost too much ground, literally and figuratively speaking. There are disgruntled former Confederate soldiers doing what they can to prevent their former enemy from building a railroad; a rail organization attempting to cross a Colorado pass before the competitor; Native Americans forced to come to grips with a modern world; and Randolph Scott romancing a war widow (the delectable Janis Carter), who at first sees him only as the enemy. Director Irving Pichel does not always have a firm grip on the would-be epic nature of this Western, and the writing is a bit muddled at times, with too much footage awarded to the antics of a couple of comedic train engineers. But Scott is as stalwart as ever as the Virginia gentleman building not only a railroad to Santa Fe, but also a new life. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, Japanese Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: cc DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 87 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Santa Fe 1. Start [:12] 2. Santa Fe [6:57] 3. Indians! [8:10] 4. Roughhousing [7:46] 5. Short by Four Miles [4:36] 6. Good Guys Gone Bad [6:53] 7. Southern Loyalty [6:14] 8. Railroad Way [11:12] 9. Smart Trick [5:29] 10. Pay Train Trap [4:59] 11. Resigned & Deputized [9:05] 12. "Stop This Train" [5:44]