Ride the Pink Horse
| Ride the Pink Horse | |
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| Directed by | Robert Montgomery |
| Produced by | Joan Harrison |
| Screenplay by |
Ben Hecht Charles Lederer |
| Based on | The novel Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes |
| Starring |
Robert Montgomery Wanda Hendrix Thomas Gomez |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
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Universal International
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| Distributed by | Universal International |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ride the Pink Horse is a 1947 film noir mystery film produced by Universal Studios. It was directed by the actor Robert Montgomery from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, which was based on a novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes. The drama features Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, Thomas Gomez and Art Smith. Gomez was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
An army veteran known only as Gagin travels to San Pablo, a rural New Mexican town, to avenge the death of his old war time buddy. As a man devoid of identity, some of the villagers refer to Gagin as "the man with no place."
Lucky Gagin (Robert Montgomery) arrives on a bus in San Pablo, a small rural town in New Mexico during its annual fiesta. He plans to confront and blackmail money from a mobster named Frank Hugo (Fred Clark) as retribution for the death of his best friend Shorty. He unpacks the Colt 45 pistol from his luggage, sticks it in his waistband, places the check in question in locker 250, and secretes the locker key with a piece of chewing gum to the back of the framed map in the bus depot waiting room.
Because of the fiesta, Gagin cannot find a room at the hotel by the bus station. He is directed to the non-tourist side of the town. At the merry go round there, he meets Pila (Wanda Hendrix) who takes him to the La Fonda Hotel and gives his a charm of Ishtam that she says will protect him.
At the hotel, Gagin uses a ruse to find out that Frank Hugo is in room 315. Gagin comes, uninvited, into the hotel room, and proceeds to knock out Jonathan (Richard Gaines), Hugo's private secretary. Marjorie Lundeen (Andrea King), a sophisticated female acquaintance of Hugo's, comes in and uses her wiles trying to learn more about him. When the telephone rings, Gagin answers and impersonates a bell boy. Speaking with Hugo, he learns that Hugo will not be there that day. Gagin leaves the room and in the hotel lobby, he is accosted by FBI agent Bill Retz (Art Smith). In his conversation with Gagin, Retz recounts the plot so far. Retz takes Gagin to lunch and tells Gagin to lay off with his plot for revenge on Frank Hugo.
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