Canyon Passage (1946)
- Directed by
- Jacques Tourneur
- Genre
- drama film, Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 69 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In mid-1850s Oregon Territory, a trader gets caught between two women and a looming Native American uprising. The story follows his struggles with loyalty and survival.
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What happens
Canyon Passage is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and set in the American frontier era of the old Oregon Territory in the mid-1850s. It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian natives uprising, the film was adapted from the 1945 novelette in the Saturday Evening Post magazine of Canyon Passage by Ernest Haycox. Hoagy Carmichael, (music) and Jack Brooks (lyrics) were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Ole Buttermilk Sky" sung in the film by Carmichael. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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