In Old California (1942) - film review

Western

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In Old California is an American western first released in 1942, directed by William C. McGann. The film stars John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish and Patsy Kelly. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: William C. McGann
Script: Gertrude Purcell, Frances Hyland, J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater
Photo: Jack A. Marta
Music: David Buttolph
Cast: John Wayne (Tom Craig), Binnie Barnes (Lacey Miller), Albert Dekker (Britt Dawson), Helen Parrish (Ellen Sanford), Patsy Kelly (Helga), Edgar Kennedy (Kegs McKeever), Dick Purcell (Joe Dawson), Harry Shannon (Mr. Carlin), Charles Halton (Mr. Hayes), Emmett Lynn (Whitey), Robert McKenzie (Mr. Bates), Milton Kibbee (Ezra Tompkins), Paul Sutton (Chick – Dawson’s henchman), Anne O’Neal (Mrs. Tompkins), Richard Alexander (Clem – Dawson’s henchman), Jessie Arnold (Worried woman), Hooper Atchley (Higgins), Sam Bernard (Miner), Stanley Blystone (San Francisco deputy), Ed Brady (Angry citizen in lynch mob), Frank Brownlee (Man on street), Zeke Canova (Miner), Horace B. Carpenter (Townsman in mob), Jack Carr (Man who warns of Kegs’ arrival), Lynne Carver, Chester Conklin, Jim Corey (Shorty), Wade Crosby (San Francisco bartender), Donald Curtis (Pike – Dawson’s henchman), Art Dillard (Dawson’s henchman), Pearl Early (Mrs. Bates), Heenan Elliott (Man with Joker at bar), Frank Ellis (Wagon driver), Fern Emmett (Mrs. Coggins), Esther Estrella (Maria Alvarez), Jim Farley (Angry citizen in lynch mob), Martin Faust (Miner), Martin Garralaga (Señor Alvarez), Dorothy Granger (Girl in first saloon), Karl Hackett (Charlie – wagon owner), Frank Hagney (Angry citizen in lynch mob), Robert Homans (Marshal Alvin Thompson), Olin Howland, Frank Jaquet (Dr. Glaggett), Lew Kelly (Forty-Niner), Jack Kirk (Wagon driver on run), Emily LaRue (Rosita Alvarez), Rex Lease (Gold strike rider), George Lloyd (San Francisco sheriff), Merrill McCormick (Dawson’s henchman), Frank McGlynn Sr., Joe McGuinn (Deputy), Harry McKim (Boy at wharf), Carl Miller (Saloon patron), Michael Miller (Yerp Bates), Frank Mills (Loudmouthed oaf), Art Mix, James C. Morton (Red – Sacramento bartender), Charles Murphy (Saloon patron), Frank O’Connor (Bystander on riverboat), Bud Osborne, Jack O’Shea (Saloon patron), Ralph Peters, Ruth Robinson (Mrs. Higgins), Forrest Taylor (Man in saloon with Carlin), Harry Tenbrook (Saloon waiter), Harry Tyler (Huckster), Minerva Urecal (Mrs. Carson), Guy Usher (Captain of first boat), Max Waizmann (Bystander), Fred Walburn (Archie Higgins), Cecil Weston (Mrs. Marvin), Slim Whitaker (Man on street), Blackie Whiteford (Man in crowd), Matt Willis (Joker at bar in San Francisco)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 88 min; B&W

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