''El Dorado Pass'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by

Ray Nazarro Ray Nazarro ''(aka'' "Ray" and "Nat;" ''né'' Raymond Alfred Nazarro; September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Budd Boetticher called him a "ten-day picture guy."Budd Boe ...

and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Charles Starrett,

Smiley Burnette Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and ...

, Elena Verdugo,

Steve Darrell Steve Darrell (born Darryl Eugene Horsfall, November 19, 1904 – August 14, 1970) was an American actor. Darrell was born in Osage in Mitchell County in northern Iowa. Darrell's career began in 1931 when he acted with the Trousdale Players in ...

, Rory Mallinson and Ted Mapes. The film was released on October 14, 1948, by

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

Plot

Cast

* Charles Starrett as Steve Clayton / The Durango Kid *

as Smiley Burnette * Elena Verdugo as Dolores Martinez *

as Page * Rory Mallinson as Sheriff Tom Wright * Ted Mapes as Dodd *

Stanley Blystone William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances between 1924 and 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley. Early years Blystone was ...

as Barlow *Shorty Thompson as Shorty Thompson

References

External links

* {{Ray Nazarro 1948 films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1948 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Ray Nazarro American black-and-white films 1940s American films