Denver and Rio Grande
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56% Critic Match

Denver and Rio Grande

TWO FIGHTING RAILROAD CREWS BATTLE FOR THE ONLY RIGHT OF WAY!

5.6 / 10 1952 1h 29mNR English
Western

Storyline

Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotages the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.

Cast & Crew

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

Jim Vesser

Lead
Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

McCabe

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

General William J. Palmer

Kasey Rogers

Kasey Rogers

Linda Nelson

Lyle Bettger

Lyle Bettger

Johnny Buff

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Gil Harkness

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Jane Dwyer

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Sloan

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Byron Haskin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Denver and Rio Grande is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker