• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Traditional Western
• Themes: Cattle Ranchers, Unlikely Criminals
• Director: Alfred E. Green
• Main Cast: Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford, Joseph Calleia, William Conrad
• Release Year: 1948
• Country: US
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

When the family land is threatened with foreclosure, honest, hard-working rancher Ross McEwen (Joel McCrea) resorts to bank robbery in order to come up with the necessary cash. Although he leaves the bank an I.O.U., Sheriff Pat Garrett (Charles Bickford) is sent out to catch the criminal as he flees to escape capture. This western was originally titled They Passed this Way. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Joel McCrea - Ross McEwen
• Frances Dee - Fay Hollister
• Charles Bickford - Pat Garrett
• Joseph Calleia - Monte Marquez
• William Conrad - Sheriff Egan

Raymond Largay - Dr. Eldredge; John Parrish - Frenger; Dan White - Clint Waters; Davison Clark - Burnett; Houseley Stevenson, Sr. - Anderson; George McDonald - Winston Boy; Eva Novak - Mrs. Winston; Sam Flint - Storekeeper; Martin Garralaga - Florencio; Forrest Taylor - Conductor No. 2

Credit

Duncan Cramer - Art Director; Alfred E. Green - Director; Russell Harlan - Cinematographer; Edward Mann - Editor; Paul Sawtell - Composer (Music Score); Paul Sawtell - Musical Direction/Supervision; Harry Sherman - Producer; Teddi Sherman - Screenwriter; Ray Robinson - Set Designer; Robert H. Moreland - Special Effects; William Brent - Screenwriter; C. Graham Baker - Screenwriter; Eugene Manlove Rhodes - Book Author