Canyon Passage
- Year: 1946
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Drama, Western
- Director: Jacques Tourneur
- Length: 92 min
Every exciting character! Every dangerous moment…
Synopsis
Canyon Passage (1946) centers on a respected merchant and freight operator building a future in the rugged Oregon Territory of the 1850s. As his friendship with a troubled gambler is strained by mounting debts and hidden crimes while his growing feelings for his friend’s fiancée complicate an already fragile situation, violence from both outlaws and escalating conflict with Native Americans threatens the survival of the frontier community. This Western examines friendship, loyalty, and redemption within a rapidly changing frontier, as love, greed, and personal honor shape a sweeping tale of ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice.
Selected disc options for Canyon Passage
Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray includes trailers for The Great McGinty (1940), The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), Rawhide (1951) and War-Gods of the Deep (1965).
- Panamint’s Blu-ray includes a 16-page booklet.
- Universal’s DVD contains no extras. It is included in the “Classic Western Round-Up, Volume 1” box set with The Texas Rangers (1936), Kansas Raiders (1950) and The Lawless Breed (1952). Reissued as “4 Movie Marathon: Classic Western Collection” (2011/09/20).
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