A ticket to Tomahawk

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Movie
Original title A ticket to Tomahawk
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 91 minutes
Rod
Director Richard Sale
script Mary Loos
Richard Sale
production Robert Bassler
for 20th Century Fox
music Cyril Mockridge
camera Harry Jackson
cut Harmon Jones
occupation

A Ticket to Tomahawk is an American western directed by Richard Sale from 1950.

action

The year 1876: The globetrotting sales representative Johnny is on the train "Emma Sweeney" on the way to Epitaph, Colorado . Only the nervous conductor tells him that it is the maiden voyage of the train and that the route has never been used before. He fears incidents and in fact a huge boulder falls onto the tracks in front of the train. It didn't fall naturally, but through the Colonel's men trying to sabotage the ride. What Johnny doesn't know is that if the Emma Sweeney arrives on a certain date in Tomahawk, 60 miles away from Epitaph, she will also receive the route license. The Colonel, himself a train owner, wants to prevent this.

Since the train is being held up by the boulder on the rails, Johnny has two cowboys take him to Epitaph - they have caused the rock to fall and are causing a stir in Epitaph because they want to shoot the sheriff . They are killed by his granddaughter Kit Dodge. The turn now distrusts Johnny, who, although of the two co was beaten, but came to the city with them. She receives the sheriff's badge from her injured grandfather because she has a job to do. She is supposed to bring the Emma Sweeney to Tomahawk before the route license expires. Problem: There are no tracks from Epitaph to Dead Horse Point, and Dead Horse Point is 40 miles from Epitaph.

Johnny buys a ticket to Tomahawk without knowing about the problem. When he finds out, everyone refuses to take back his ticket, because the license is only granted if the Emma Sweeney carries at least one passenger on the route. Much to Kid Dodge's displeasure, her grandfather has chosen her to be Johnny's personal minder.

There are plans to have the railroad pulled 40 miles by horses. The group is joined by show girls Annie, Ruby, Clara and Julie around Madame Adelaide. The Colonel in turn infiltrates the dodgy Dakota, who soon wins the trust of Kit Dodge. Johnny, however, regards him with suspicion.

Various disruptive actions by the Colonel fail, but the group is soon attacked by Indians. Since Johnny is friends with their chief Crooked Knife, the Indians even help transport the Emma Sweeney in pieces over the mountains. Dakota is exposed in Dead Horse Point and then seizes Emma Sweeney, which he drives towards Tomahawk at full speed. In the fight with the jumped up Johnny, Dakota is defeated and thrown from the moving train. The men around the Colonel, however, shoot at the boiler of the steam locomotive, which comes to a stop a few meters from the Tomahawk sign. A solution is only found in the last second before the deadline: The Lord Mayor, convinced of the positive side of steam locomotive traffic, allows the town entrance sign to be moved behind the locomotive.

Johnny and the rough-and-tumble Kit Dodge become a couple. Johnny gives up his world trips and becomes a conductor on the Emma Sweeney. Years later, the couple can be seen saying goodbye on the platform - in addition to Kit Dodge, Johnny is now waving goodbye to five daughters.

production

A Ticket to Tomahawk was filmed from August 15 to October 21, 1949 in Silverton , Colorado and along the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in Durango , Colorado. The Tomahawk & Western Railroad featured in the movie doesn't actually exist. The film premiered on April 18, 1950 in Denver , Colorado.

The film was the fifth in Marilyn Monroe's career not featured in the film credits . She plays a dancer who also drives with her group from Epitaph to Tomahawk. During a rest, the group presents the title Oh What a Forward Young Man You Are and sings and dances with Dan Dailey.

Awards

In 1951, the Writers Guild of America nominated Mary Loos and Richard Sale for the WGA Award (Screen) in the "Best American Western" category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. imdb.com