In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one of Gaspar's identical twin daughters. Overjoyed, he plans to formalize his "unofficial" marriage. But trouble brews; Melo's land is of unclear title and the new Don Domingo hopes to grab it for his own profit. Violence results. Without even knowing who survived, Juan (accompanied by Rosa's tomboy sister Tonya) rides for revenge, through spectacular pastoral and wilderness scenery.

Cornel Wilde
as Juan Obreon

Yvonne De Carlo
as Rosa Melo / Tonya Melo

Raymond Burr
as Captain Rodriguez

Lon Chaney Jr.
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

Rodolfo Acosta
as Salvador sandro

John Qualen
as Gaspar Melo

Anthony Caruso
as Sergeant Muñoz

Frank De Kova
as Martinez (as Frank de Kova)
John Chard
It's hard to kill a man that has much to live for. Passion is directed by Allan Dwann and collectively written by Beatrice Dresher, Josef Leytes and Howard Estabrook. It stars Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Junior, Rodolfo Acosta, Anthony Caruso and John Qualen. Music is ...