Albuquerque (1948)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin,
a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line,
and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia.
Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side.
Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning
Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman Juke Murkil.
Written by Les Adams

Cast
Randolph Scott ... Cole Armin
Barbara Britton ... Letty Tyler
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Juke
Lon Chaney Jr. ... Steve Murkill (as Lon Chaney)
Russell Hayden ... Ted Wallace
Catherine Craig ... Celia Wallace
George Cleveland ... John Armin
Irving Bacon ... Dave Walton
Bernard Nedell ... Sheriff Ed Linton (as Bernard J. Nedell)
Karolyn Grimes ... Myrtle Walton
Russell Simpson ... Abner Huggins
Jody Gilbert ... Pearl Eager
John Halloran ... Matt Wayne
Dan White ... Henchman Jackson
Walter Baldwin ... Judge Fred Martin
and many more...

Directed
Ray Enright

Writing Credits
Gene Lewis ... (screenplay)
Luke Short ... (novel)
Clarence Upson Young ... (screenplay)

Produced
William H. Pine ... producer
William C. Thomas ... producer

Music
Darrell Calker

Cinematography
Fred Jackman Jr.

Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949,
which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution,
and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
Possibly because of legal complications, this title was not included
in the original television package, and may never have been actually shown.
It has since been released by Universal on DVD.

Memorable Quotes

Filming Locations
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sedona, Arizona, USA

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Albuquerque is a 1948 American Western directed by Ray Enright and starring
Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Lon Chaney, Jr.

Based on the novel Dead Freight for Piute by Luke Short,
with a screenplay by Gene Lewis and Clarence Upson Young,
the film is about a man who is recruited by his corrupt uncle
to inherit his freight-hauling empire in the southwest,
and who eventually defects to his uncle's honest business rival.

User Review

He fought for justice in Albuquerque
14 February 2005 | by alexandre michel liberman (tmwest) (S. Paulo, Brazil)

Quote from alex

Albuquerque is a film that has all the elements of a class A western, except one: the story,

that really belongs to a class B or C.
That was acceptable at the time the film was made, when people were so thrilled to see a western in color,
but nowadays it just looks very primitive.
Nonetheless for people who enjoy old westerns, it is entertaining, the original color and sound are very well kept on the DVD that recently came out. Gabby Hayes is a good sidekick, Lon Chaney is mean as always, and Randolph Scott a bit more cheerful than usual. In a film named Albuquerque you would expect to see something
that would remind you of the city, but the town that is shown here could be just anywhere.

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