New Mexico (film)
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| Directed by | Irving Reis |
| Produced by |
Irving Allen Joseph Justman |
| Screenplay by | Max Trell |
| Starring |
Lew Ayres Marilyn Maxwell |
| Music by | René Garriguenc Lucien Moraweck |
| Cinematography |
Jack Greenhalgh William E. Snyder Lester White |
| Edited by | Louis Sackin |
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Production
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Justman Productions
Irving Allen Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Release date
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Running time
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76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $720,000 |
| Box office | less than $700,000 |
New Mexico is a 1951 Ansco Color Western film directed by Irving Reis starring Lew Ayres and Marilyn Maxwell.
Abraham Lincoln himself comes to New Mexico to discuss living together in peace with Acoma, a feared and respective Indian chief. He presents the chief with a cane as a gift and symbol of their friendship.
Lt. Hunt is promoted due to his personal assistance to Lincoln in arranging the truce. Unhappily, a bigoted superior officer, Col. McComb, and the dastardly Judge Wilcox are opposed to any such treaty, and when Hunt states his objection, McComb has him placed under arrest alongside Acoma and a number of Indian braves, also breaking the cane.
Other members of the tribe break them out of jail, killing McComb and others in the process. Hunt takes command and cancels all travel in the region, angering a woman named Cherry who is planning a trip to Nevada. She arrogantly elects to leave anyway, as does Judge Wilcox, so a company of men led by Hunt goes along as escorts.
Indians attack, frightening the woman and burying the judge in the sand. Hunt is disgusted with Cherry's selfish attitude and tells her so. She comes to know one of Acoma's sons, and when another uprising has fatal consequence for Indian warriors as well as Hunt, she and Acoma's son are lucky to have their lives spared.
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