Dawn at Socorro(1954)
The Story of the NOTORIOUS BRETT WADE, LAST OF THE FRONTIER GAMBLERS
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En route to Colorado for his health, Brett stops in Socorro, New Mexico along with Ferris gunfighter Jimmy Rapp. Sheriff Couthen fears another shootout, but what Brett has in mind is saving waif-with-a-past Rannah Hayes from a life as one of Dick Braden's saloon girls.
Movie: Dawn at Socorro
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Brett Wade
Rannah Hayes
Dick Braden
Clare
Jimmy Rapp
Sheriff Cauthen
Letty Diamond
Doc Jameson
Buddy Ferris
Harry McNair
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