Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage
U.S. theatrical poster for Canyon Passage (1946)
Directed by	Jacques Tourneur
Written by	Ernest Pascal Ernest Haycox Saturday Evening Post magazine (1945 novelette)
Produced by	Walter Wanger
Starring	Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	July 15, 1946 (1946-07-15) (Portland, Oregon) July 17, 1946 (1946-07-17) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,623,925 [1]
Box office	$4,263,651 [1]

Canyon Passage is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and set in the American frontier era of the old Oregon Territory in the mid-1850s.^[2] It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian natives uprising, the film was adapted from the 1945 novelette in the Saturday Evening Post magazine of Canyon Passage by Ernest Haycox, Hoagy Carmichael, (music) and Jack Brooks (lyrics) were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Oscar") for the popular tune of "Ole Buttermilk Sky" sung by country-western music singer Carmichael of the late 1940s and 1950s.