El Paso (1949) on Netflix
Clay Fletcher, a lawyer and Confederate veteran, rides to El Paso for Judge Jeffers' signature on estate papers. He finds the judge drunk and the town in the grip of Bert Donner.
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Plot summary
Sent west by his father, Judge Fletcher, the lawyer Clay Fletcher travels from South Carolina to El Paso, Texas, to obtain the signature of Judge Henry Jeffers on estate documents. He is fond of Jeffers' daughter, Susan, who owns a hat shop in town. On the road he meets Pesky, a pots-and-pans peddler, and Stagecoach Nellie, a con-woman who steals his wallet. In a saloon Clay watches a drunken Judge Jeffers convict a man of murder in a sham trial. Clay speaks for the defendant and is cited for contempt; unable to pay the fine, he loses his fine clothes at auction. Rancher Don Nacho Vázquez offers him lodging, and Clay learns the convicted man was framed by the landowner Bert Donner and Sheriff La Farge.
Cast
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- John Boseas Townsman(uncredited)
- Beulah Archulettaas Townswoman(uncredited)
- Chris Willow Birdas Townsman(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about El Paso (1949)
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- El Paso was the first million-dollar-budgeted movie from Pine-Thomas Productions, a company that had specialised in low budget action films and had recently increased its budgets because it felt bigger movies were more profitable.
- William Holden was originally mentioned as a possible lead for the film, whose story was first intended to depict the real-life Judge Colt.
- The film was the start of a long working relationship between its leading man, John Payne, and the producing team Pine-Thomas Productions, who had made El Paso with him.
