Denver and Rio Grande (film)

Denver and Rio Grande
Directed by	Byron Haskin
Produced by	Nat Holt Harry Templeton
Written by	Frank Gruber
Starring	Edmond O'Brien Sterling Hayden
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography	Ray Rennahan
Editing by	Stanley E. Johnson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	May 16, 1952
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Denver and Rio Grande is a western film, directed by Byron Haskin and released by Paramount Pictures in 1952.

The film is a dramatization of the building of the Denver and Rio Grande railway, which was chartered in 1870. It was filmed on location on the actual railway near Durango, Colorado. The main character, Jim Vesser (Edmond O'Brien), and his workers are trying to build part of the railroad line through the Rocky Mountains, but their rivals try to stop them.

The film's storyline is recognized to be a fictional account with the basic premise centered around the factual "Royal Gorge War" between the D&RG and AT&SF during 1878 to 1880.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Edmond O'Brien as Jim Vesser
• Sterling Hayden as McCabe
• Dean Jagger as General William J. Palmer
• Kasey Rogers as Linda Nelson alias Linda Prescott (as Laura Elliott)
• Lyle Bettger as Johnny Buff
• J. Carrol Naish as Gil Harkness
• Zasu Pitts as Jane Dwyer
• Tom Powers as Sloan
• Robert Barrat as Charlie Haskins
• Paul Fix as Engineer Moynihan
• Don Haggerty as Bob Nelson
• James Burke as Sheriff Ed Johnson
• Jack Daly as Tolliver, General's Secretary (uncredited)
• Lester Dorr as the Dealer (uncredited)
• Jimmie Dundee as a Train Engineer (uncredited)
• George Magrill as a Railroad Worker (uncredited)
• Forrest Taylor as Mac (uncredited)

External links

• Denver and Rio Grande (film) at the Internet Movie Database