Santa Fe (film)

Santa Fe is a 1951 American Western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott. The film is based on the novel Santa Fe by James Vance Marshall.

Plot
The film opens in northwest Missouri (near "Mound City, Missouri") in 1867. In the years following the Civil War, Britt Canfield, one of four ex-Confederate brothers, heads west for a new life. Britt accepts a job with the Santa Fe Railway, whilst his three brothers find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Britt is eventually obliged to bring his brothers to justice, but the real man behind their criminal activities is gambling boss Cole Sanders.

Cast

 * Randolph Scott as Brit Canfield
 * Janis Carter as Judith Chandler
 * Jerome Courtland as Terry Canfield
 * Peter M. Thompson as Tom Canfield
 * John Archer as Clint Canfield
 * Warner Anderson as Dave Baxter
 * Roy Roberts as Cole Sanders
 * Billy House as Luke Plummer
 * Olin Howland as Dan Dugan
 * Allene Roberts as Ella Sue Canfield

Director Pichel, himself an actor, also narrates the film.