WEST OF THE PECOS/ Robert Mitchum/ 1945/ Edward Killy/ / 1/2SHT ZANE GREY, VF-

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ZANE GREY'S West of the Pecos, original 1/2-sheet Italian movie poster.
Robert Mitchum, 1945, Edward Killy/ / POSTER, RARE Italian version, VF CONDITION.  MORE PICTURES SOON. 18 1/4 x 13 1/4.
West of the Pecos
is a 1945 American
Western film
directed by Edward Killy and starring
Robert Mitchum
and
Barbara Hale
. The movie is the second film version of
Zane Grey
's novel and no relation to the
1922 silent film
of the same name.
Robert Mitchum
as Pecos Smith
Barbara Hale
as Rill Lambeth
Richard Martin
as Chito Rafferty
Thurston Hall
as Colonel Lambeth
Rita Corday
as Suzanne
Russell Hopton
as Jeff Slinger
Bill Williams
as Tex Evans
Bruce Edwards
as Clyde Corbin
Harry Woods
as Brad Sawtelle
Perc Launders
as Sam Sawtelle
Bryant Washburn
as Doc Howard
Philip Morris
as U.S. Marshal
Martin Garralaga
as Don Manuel
Release
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The film was popular and earned 1,000 in profits. It was Mitchum's final job before his service in the army.
Plot
Colonel Lambreth's health is poor, so daughter
Ril
l persuades him to leave his Chicago meat-packing business behind and move to their Texas cattle ranch. Her fiance, lawyer Clyde Corbin, stays behind.
On the trail, a couple of cowboys, Pecos Smith and sidekick Chito Rafferty, pull up to demand driver Tex Evans pay their back wages. After they ride off, the stagecoach is attacked by bandits. Circling back, the cowboys are told by the mortally wounded Tex that he was shot by Sam Sawtelle.
The stage proceeds to town with Jeff Slinger at the reins. Rill, harassed in town, tucks her hair into her hat and disguises herself as a boy to be left alone.
Brad Sawtelle, brother of Sam, organizes a posse of vigilantes to find Tex's killer. Pecos gets to Sam first and shoots him.
The colonel and Rill get lost en route to their ranch. Pecos and Chito assist them and are offered jobs. Chito tries to woo the Lambreths' maid, Suzanne, but where Rill is concerned, Pecos still doesn't know she's a woman. Corbin comes to Texas and senses that Rill is now in love with someone else.
Brad and his men believe Pecos to be an accomplice in the stagecoach robbery and murder. Pecos proves that the one responsible was Slinger, who is shot dead by Brad. A marshal places Brad under arrest and Rill and Pecos finally get to know each other better. --Wikipedia