Passion

Ice cold snow western with Cornel Wilde and Yvonne De Carlo

A year before the bankruptcy, the then Hollywood major RKO RADIO PICTURES brought this unusual western to cinemas, which was set in California, Mexico in the 18th century.

Juan Obreon (ACADEMY AWARD nominee Cornel Wilde) experiences a surprise: the lovely Rosa Melo, who lives with her family on a hacienda, has a baby. His son! Of course Juan wants to marry his Rosa. Her rather tomboyish sister Tonya (Yvonne De Carlo in a double role) is also happy about this. The Melo family is in trouble with a large landowner who desperately wants the Melos' land back. One day a gang of murderers appears at the door and wipes out the entire Melo family - except for Tonya. Juan vows passionate revenge against the rascals. And to do this he goes into the eternal ice of the mountains to pursue Salvator Sandro (Rodolfo Acosta), the leader of the murder gang. Hot on their heels is Captain Rodriguez (Raymond Burr) as the guardian of the law...

Exciting western with an unusual setting and good actors! Although in color, but still in normal image format! Could RKO RADIO PICTURES no longer afford the newly emerged CinemaScope process? Stuart Whitman, who we know from THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (1965), plays a very small role.