Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
- Starring:
- Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Montgomery
Synopsis of Ride the Pink Horse
Robert Montgomery directed and starred in this exotic film noir set during a New Mexico fiesta. Montgomery plays a secretive ex-GI who plans to extort money from a prominent gangster (Fred Clark) as retribution for the death of Montgomery's best friend. An FBI man (Art Smith) would like the government to get the incriminating information on the gangster that Montgomery is carrying. Trailed by the FBI agent, Montgomery takes refuge at an old carousel, where he meets a Mexican gamin (Wanda Hendrix) who refuses to leave his side. The girl is on hand when the gangster catches up with Montgomery and has him beaten. She nurses Montgomery back to health, but the would-be blackmailer is determined to confront the gangster again. This time, however, the FBI agent comes to the rescue. Ride the Pink Horse is a properly moody melodrama, containing one of the few truly good performances from eternal ingenue Wanda Hendrix. The film was remade for TV in 1964 as The Hanged Man. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Ride the Pink Horse
- Robert Montgomery - Blackie Gagin
- Rita Conde - Carla
- Fred Clark - Frank Hugo
- Andrea King - Marjorie
- Grandon Rhodes - Mr. Edison
- Richard Gaines - Jonathan
- Edward Earle - Locke
- Maria Cortez - Elevator Girl
- Ernest Hilliard - Elderly Man
- Robert Espinosa - Mexican Boy Crying
- Leon Lenoir - Mexican Workman
- Lyle Latell - State Trooper
- Paul Maxey - Portly Man
- Robert Cabal - Muchachos
- Beatrice Roberts - Manageress
- William H. Ruhl - Mr. Blaine
- Wanda Hendrix - Pila
- Thomas Gomez - Pancho
- Iris Flores - Maria
- Art Smith - Bill Retz
- Tito Renaldo - Bellboy
- Martin Garralaga - Barkeeper
- Harold Goodwin - Red
- Jerry DeCastro - Mexican Man
- Henry Garcia - Mexican Boy
- Virginia Wave - Waitress
- Harry Vejar - Barber
- Ralph Montgomery - Waiter
- Jack Worth - Thugs
- Charles Stevens - Drunken Mexican
- Donald Kerr - Headwaiter
- Director(s):
- Robert Montgomery
- Writer(s):
- Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Joan Harrison
- Producer(s):
- Joan Harrison
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