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Canyon Passage

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Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) is the proprietor of a general store in an Oregon mining town. His best friend, George Camrose (Brian Donlevy), is a greedy banker and compulsive gambler. Logan falls in love with Camrose's fiancée, Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward), but proposes to his own girlfriend, Caroline Marsh (Patricia Roc), despite his secret love for Lucy. While dealing with romantic issues, Logan must also deal with murder, rape, robbery attempts, brawls and Native American attacks.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker Nov 28, 2016
Avoiding history and politics, Tourneur serves up, in a dreamlike Technicolor glow, a pastoral film noir. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 29, 2020
3/4
A sturdy Western in which, for once, the story is more sprawling than the scenery. Go to Full Review Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) Apr 9, 2019
Only a rambling script, which settles down to a jog-trot through magnificent Technicolor backgrounds of Oregon lake and timber, prevents it from being a film of this or any other week. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 30, 2011
B
Lavishly mounted Western by Jacques Tourneur, better known for his noir films Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online Aug 11, 2010
... a remarkably dense drama where the tensions between individual enterprise and communal good are often strained and the line between hero and villain... gray. Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Sep 5, 2009
Jacques Tourneur at work in color on Western landscapes is something to behold Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Bobby E @RT23212962 Jun 3, 2026 Good looking movie all around . See more acsdoug D @acsdoug Sep 25, 2025 Didn't care much for this one. The story is weak and Dana Andrews is his usual wooden, monotone self. I did enjoy the Oregon scenery though. See more Angelo C @RT29835010 Aug 7, 2025 The movie is beautiful acting it’s superb, but the thing they got me was within its beauty. Brutality showed his face and kind of made you think about the western days and how difficult it was for them to do what they’ve done. Indians, unsettling people who do horrible things to each other You look for heroes and the heroes were Dan Andrews and Susan Hayward. See more Jan 24, 2020 Wretched. You'd be better off watching paint dry. See more Nov 4, 2019 Paixão Selvagem (1946) 4,0 ⭐️ #MovieReview Viajante e comerciante entre cidades do velho Oeste tenta ajudar amigo viciado em jogo enquanto é alvo de paixão de duas mulheres. Muito bom western em estilo clássico e estória bem desenvolvida! See more Aug 3, 2018 Canyon Passage is a brawling and sprawling American Western. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jacques Tourneur

Director

Dana Andrews

Logan Stuart

Brian Donlevy

George Camrose

Susan Hayward

Lucy Overmire

Patricia Roc

Caroline Marsh

Ward Bond

Honey Bragg

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Synopsis Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) is the proprietor of a general store in an Oregon mining town. His best friend, George Camrose (Brian Donlevy), is a greedy banker and compulsive gambler. Logan falls in love with Camrose's fiancée, Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward), but proposes to his own girlfriend, Caroline Marsh (Patricia Roc), despite his secret love for Lucy. While dealing with romantic issues, Logan must also deal with murder, rape, robbery attempts, brawls and Native American attacks.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Producer
Walter Wanger
Screenwriter
Ernest Pascal
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 17, 1946, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 32m
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