DVD NEW: Canyon Passage - 1946 Western, Love Triangle & And An Indian Uprising

Description: Canyon Passage is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and set in frontier Oregon. It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian uprising, the film was adapted from the 1945 Saturday Evening Post novel Canyon Passage by Ernest Haycox. Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Jack Brooks (lyrics) were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Ole Buttermilk Sky." REAR COVER Businessman Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend George Camrose (Brian Donlevy) who crosses the lines of friendship. This is a gripping and fast-paced drama set against the old west when territories vied with each other to become States. Playing opposite Dana Andrews as love interest Lucy Overmire, is famed screen siren Susan Haward who later went on to win an Oscar for I Want To Live. The cast is ably supported by Patricia Roc, famed composer and performer Hoagy Carmichael, and John Wayne's favourite supporting actor, Ward Bond Canyon Passage was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post novel and directed by Hollywood great Jacques Tourneur, who later went on to achieve great success directing television series like the Twilight Zone and Bonanza, as well as being involved with a host of other movies such as 'Cat People'. DETAILED PLOT In 1856, ambitious freight company and store owner Logan Stuart agrees to escort Lucy Overmire home to the settlement of Jacksonville, Oregon, along with his latest shipment. Lucy is engaged to Logan's best friend, George Camrose. The night before they depart, however, Logan has to defend himself from a sneak attack in his hotel room; though it is too dark to be sure, he believes his assailant is Honey Bragg. Later, he explains to Lucy that he once saw Bragg leaving the vicinity of two murdered miners. Despite Logan's unwillingness to accuse Bragg (since he did not actually witness the crime), Bragg apparently wants to take no chances. On their journey, Logan and Lucy become attracted to each other. They stop one night at the homestead of Ben Dance and his family. There, Logan introduces Lucy to his girlfriend, Caroline Marsh. In Jacksonville, Logan tries to get George to stop playing poker with (and losing to) professional gambler Jack Lestrade, even giving him $2000 to pay off his debts, but George is more interested in the prospect of getting rich quick without hard work. What Logan does not know is that George has been stealing gold dust left in his safekeeping by the miners to pay some of his losses. George also has a secret he is keeping from Lucy; he keeps propositioning Lestrade's wife Marta, though she shows no interest in him. Bragg keeps trying to provoke Logan into a fight and finally succeeds. Logan wins, but does not kill Bragg when he has the chance. Humiliated, Bragg tries to ride Logan down on his way out of town. George decides to move away to make a fresh start and finally gets Lucy to agree to marry him. Logan then proposes to Caroline and is accepted, much to the disappointment of Vane Blazier, Logan's employee, who is in love with Caroline himself. Lucy decides to accompany Logan to San Francisco to pick out a wedding dress. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bragg. Though their horses are shot dead, Logan and Lucy get away and return to town, only to discover that George is in grave trouble. When a miner appears months earlier than George had expected and informs him that he wants to get his gold the next day, George kills the drunk miner. His crimes are traced back to him as mule-riding musician Hi Linnet saw him stealing some gold, and the miner's lucky gold nugget is found in George's possession. The locals, led by Johnny Steele, find George guilty of murder and lock him up, intending a late-night lynching. However, when one of the settlers rides in with a warning that the Indians are on the warpath after Bragg killed a woman, Logan helps George escape in the confusion. Logan organizes a party to fight the Indians; Logan's group discovers that the Indians have murdered a number of settlers, including Ben Dance and one of his sons. When Bragg seeks the party's protection, Logan refuses and Bragg is killed by the Indians. The Indians are then driven off by Logan's men. Afterward, Logan and Lucy learn that George was found and killed by one of the townsfolk. Caroline also has second thoughts about marriage to a man who is away so frequently on business; she breaks their engagement and accepts Vane. Logan and Lucy are free to follow their hearts.

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Video Format: PAL

Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Rating: PG

Subtitle Language: None

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Sub-Genre: Action & Adventure, Romance

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent

Studio: Walter Wanger Productions

Edition: Standard Edition

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Type: Movie

Region Code: DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)

Format: DVD

Release Year: 1946

Language: English

Producer: Walter Wanger

Actor: Brian Donlevy, Patricia ROC, Halliwell Hobbes, Rose Hobart, Stanley Ridges, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Onslow Stevens, Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, James Cardwell, Fay Holden, Lloyd Bridges, Hoagy Carmichael, Victor Cutler

Features: Colour, Dolby Digital 2.0

Run Time: 92 Minutes

Genre: Westerns

Movie/TV Title: Cannon Passage

Season: NA

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States