Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse is a 1947 film noir crime film produced by Universal Studios. It was directed by the actor Robert Montgomery from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, which was based on a novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes. The drama also features Montgomery as the main character. Thomas Gomez was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. An army veteran known only as Gagin travels to San Pablo, a rural New Mexican town, to avenge the death of his old war time buddy. As a man devoid of identity, some of the villagers refer to Gagin as "the man with no place."