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Directed by | Irving Pichel |
Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
Written by | Louis Stevens |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Gamet |
Based on |
Santa Fe, The Railroad That Built an Empire 1945 novel by James Vance Marshall |
Starring |
Randolph Scott Janis Carter |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton, Jr. |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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87 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,075,000 (US rentals) |
Santa Fe is a 1951 Technicolor western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott. The film is based on the novel Santa Fe by James Vance Marshall.
In the years following the Civil War, Britt Canfield (Randolph Scott), one of four ex-Confederate brothers, heads west for a new life. Britt accepts a job with the Santa Fe Railroad, whilst his three brothers find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Britt is eventually obliged to bring his brothers to justice, but the real man behind their criminal activities is gambling boss Cole Sanders (Roy Roberts).