Southwest Passage (1954)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Rod Cameron	...	Edward Fitzpatrick Beale
	Joanne Dru	...	Lilly
	John Ireland	...	Clint McDonald
	John Dehner	...	Matt Carroll
	Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	Tall Tale
	Darryl Hickman	...	Jeb
	Stuart Randall	...	Lt. Owens
	Mark Hanna	...	Hi Jolly
	Douglas Fowley	...	Toad Ellis
	Morris Ankrum	...	Dr. Elias P. Stanton

Storyline

Edward Beale is in charge of finding a shorter trail across the American desert and to also test the practicality of using camels in the west in this 3-D western. (An actual test once conducted in the Big Bend area of Texas.) Clint MacDoanld, a bank robber one jump ahead of a posse, joins the caravan by posing as a doctor. His sweetheart, Lilly, also comes along and signs on. There is a whole lot of footage of the grueling trek across the desert, but it begins to move when mule-skinner Matt Carroll becomes aware of MacDonald's true profession and he wants the gold from the bank robbery. The Apaches have shied away from attacking the train, because of their fear of the camels, but a camel dies and the jig is up as they lose their fear and here they come. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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