Directed by:
André De TothCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Arleen Whelan, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Bridges, Nestor Paiva, Ray Teal, Houseley Stevenson (more)Plots(1)
One of the classic Westerns of its era, Ramrod stars Veronica Lake as Connie Dickason, a headstrong cowgirl who’s plans to marry a sheep rancher are thwarted when a powerful local cattle baron, Frank Ivey (Preston Foster), and her own father (Charles Ruggles), force her fiancé to flee town. Refusing to kowtow to these powerful men, Connie inherits her ex-fiancés land and determines to run the ranch with the help of her new ramrod, reformed alcoholic Dave Nash (Joel McCrea). But Dave’s diplomatic attempts to resolve the dispute fall upon deaf ears and a bloody turf war on the open range ensues. With Ramrod, André De Toth (a Hungarian-American director who has earned praise from Tarantino and Scorsese) skilfully creates a dangerous world of greed, lies and murder whilst garnering superb performances from McCrea and Lake, two of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1940s. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
Joel McCrea
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
These Three (1936)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Veronica Lake
USA
Best movies:
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Don DeFore
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Preston Foster
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Arleen Whelan
USA
Best movies:
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Ramrod (1947)
Charles Ruggles
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Lloyd Bridges
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Roots (1977) (series)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Ray Teal
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Houseley Stevenson
UK
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Dark Passage (1947)
Ward Wood
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Air Force (1943)
Ian MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
High Noon (1952)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Wally Cassell
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
White Heat (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sarah Padden
UK
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Hal Taliaferro
USA
Best movies:
Red River (1948)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
San Antonio (1945)
Jeff Corey
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Little Big Man (1970)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Jack Tornek
Belarus
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Trevor Bardette
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Mike Ragan
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)