Ramrod

Ramrod is a 1947 Western film directed by André De Toth. This cowboy drama from Hungarian director De Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short. De Toth's first Western is often compared to films noir movies released around the same time. The films star Veronica Lake was married to director De Toth. Connie Dickason (Veronica Lake) is a blonde and strong-willed daughter of a ranch owner (Charles Ruggles)... more

Ramrod is a 1947 Western film directed by André De Toth. This cowboy drama from Hungarian director De Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short. De Toth's first Western is often compared to films noir movies released around the same time. The films star Veronica Lake was married to director De Toth. Connie Dickason (Veronica Lake) is a blonde and strong-willed daughter of a ranch owner (Charles Ruggles). The father is under the control of a powerful local cattleman Frank Ivey (Preston Foster), whom the father once wanted Connie to marry. Connie instead marries a sheep rancher and inherits his land. Later, she gets caught up in a dangerous ranch standoff and begins to fall in love with a ranch hand Dave Nash (Joel McCrea). less