is a 1951 American Technicolor Western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Randolph Scott . Produced by Columbia Pictures , it is a classic "railroad western" based on the novel Santa Fe: The Railroad That Built an Empire by James Vance Marshall . Plot Overview
: The eldest brother who chooses an honest path by working as a construction supervisor for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway . Santa Fe(1951)
: The film was noted for its vibrant Technicolor cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr. . Though set in Kansas and New Mexico, it was primarily filmed in California and Arizona . is a 1951 American Technicolor Western film directed
