Santa Fe Passage is a good western I just saw on YouTube. I was just going through a list of the films of stunning Faith Domergue and noticed this is a film I never heard of ( I guess for some reason has not been shown on TV ( even Encore Westerns)). It is about. Kirby Randolph ( John Payne) a disgraced wagon train scout who made a mistake that led to his wagon train being massacred by. Chief Satank an evil Kiowa Chief. This led him to being prejudiced against Native Americans. Of course, he ends up falling for Aurelie ( Faith) who is a half Native American. Besides being able to look at Faith ( beautiful as always), the scenery is the primary reason to watch the movie ( especially the wild horse stampede scene). There are several different bad guys in the movie who stand out. In particular Rod Cameron ( Jess griswold), who loves Aurelie ( although she does not love him). There is one scene where he kills.another bad guy named Chavez.( Anthony Caruso) for being a traitor ( although he became a traitor as well). Why is this a good instead of great western? John Payne is okay but not great in westerns ( unlike Film Noir ( like Kansas City Confidential and ( especially) 99 River Street)). Spoilers Ahead: As you can imagine Kirby and Aurelie will be married ( they were going to make love in a teepee ( in honor of her mother who saved his life and killed Satank ( at the cost of her own life), but his partner Sam Beekman ( Slim Pickens) brings over a priest for them to get married first ( anything else would not have escaped the censors.in 1955). 8 of 10 stars mostly for the scenery ( especially Faith and the stampede scene).
Review of Santa Fe Passage
