Ramrod

One of the classic Westerns of its era, Ramrod stars Veronica Lake as Connie Dickason, a headstrong cowgirl who’s plans to marry a sheep rancher are thwarted when a powerful local cattle baron, Frank Ivey (Preston Foster), and her own father (Charles Ruggles), force her fiancé to flee town. Refusing to kowtow to these powerful men, Connie inherits her ex-fiancés land and determines to run the ranch with the help of her new ramrod, reformed alcoholic Dave Nash (Joel McCrea). But Dave’s diplomatic attempts to resolve the dispute fall upon deaf ears and a bloody turf war on the open range ensues. With Ramrod, Andre DeToth (a Hungarian-American director who has earned praise from Tarantino and Scorsese) skilfully creates a dangerous world of greed, lies and murder whilst garnering superb performances from McCrea and Lake, two of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1940s. Special Features High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation transferred from original film elementsUncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrackOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingAudio commentary by film scholar Adrian MartinAndre DeToth in Conversation with Patrick Francis, far-reaching audio-only interview conducted by the documentary filmmakerNewly-filmed appreciation by expert on American genre films, Peter StanfieldAndre DeToth Interviewed at the National Film Theatre, a career-spanning archival interview from 1994, conducted by writer and broadcaster Kevin JacksonGallery of original promotional imagesReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips