Gunfighter Brett Wade, diagnosed with tuberculosis, tries to get out of his former life while helping a young woman.Gunfighter Brett Wade, diagnosed with tuberculosis, tries to get out of his former life while helping a young woman.Gunfighter Brett Wade, diagnosed with tuberculosis, tries to get out of his former life while helping a young woman.
- Stage Passenger
- (as Philo McCollough)
- Shotgun Rider
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaLordsburg, New Mexico is located in Hidalgo County in far southwest New Mexico. Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, nearly a decade after the setting of this movie.
- GoofsThe monochrome brown of the outside scenery seen from inside the stagecoach through the windows during the ride does not match the colored external scenery as shown from outside the stagecoach, proving that the studio used old black & white stock footage that was tinted brown to disguise its black & white origins.
- Quotes
Brett Wade: Well, this is an honor. Probably the first time a corpse has ever been asked to deliver his own funeral oration. I expected to be carried out of Lordsburg, but here I stand on my way to Colorado filled with wind instead of lead. I couldn't include most of you in my will, but I do leave you all the unmined silver in these hills, all the unspilled whiskey, all the unkissed ladies and all the unfilled straights and flushes. I want to apologize for leaving the party. For me, there never has been, and never will be, another like it. And finally, I want to apologize to all of those of you who hoped to gain the distinction of being the man or woman to shoot and kill the notorious Brett Wade.
Jimmy Rapp: No apologies necessary, Wade. I'm here to oblige you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Red Sundown (1956)
After a shootout in one town he arrives by stage to Socorro where Sheriff Edgar Buchanan wants to get him out of town before any more blood is spilled on his turf. But Calhoun lingers and lingers, impressed by the beauty of Piper Laurie who he's ridden to town with on the stage.
It's a good B western, directed by a veteran of that genre, George Sherman. Sherman keeps the action going at a good clip and the cast knows their way around a western set.
Dawn at Socorro was probably a B feature that didn't bore too many people who went to see the A picture from Universal it was playing with.
- bkoganbing
- Nov 1, 2005
Details
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1