Denver & Rio Grande

1951

Denver & Rio Grande

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Movie Info

The Denver and the Rio Grande is one of two rival railroad lines, pitted in a race across the Rockies. Whoever arrives at their destination first will win a valuable contract. Edmond O'Brien is chief engineer of the D & RG, while Sterling Hayden is the less reputable man at the throttle for the Canyon City and San Juan line. The climax involves a head-on crash between two actual trains, a fact that earned the film plenty of press coverage back in 1951. Director Byron Haskin keeps things moving so rapidly that we scarcely have time to ponder the script's many cliches.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Classics, Western
Directed By:

Byron Haskin
Written By:

Frank Gruber
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 9, 1992
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Edmond O'Brien
as Jim Vesser

Sterling Hayden
as McCabe

Dean Jagger
as General William J.

Lyle Bettger
as Johnny Buff

Kasey Rogers
as Linda Prescott

J. Carroll Naish
as Harkness

Zasu Pitts
as Jane

Tom Powers
as Sloan

Robert H. Barrat
as Haskins

Paul Fix
as Engineer Monyhan

Don Haggerty
as Bob Nelson

James Burke
as Sheriff Masters

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Apr 10, 2013

Breathtaking scenery and old pros ZaSu Pitts and Dean Jagger help but this is mediocre at best with a surprisingly hammy O'Brien.

jay n Super Reviewer