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Director:
Writers:
Frank Butler (writer)
Boris Ingster (story)
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Release Date:
21 February 1947 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Fabulous, Fantastic West! WHERE A MAN'S PLEASURE COSTS HIM HIS GOLD TREASURE! (original print media ad - many caps) more
Plot:
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer. full summary | add synopsis
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A real masterpiece in camera work more (7 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Ray Milland | ... | Jonathan Trumbo |
 | Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Lily Bishop |
 | Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Michael Fabian |
| George Coulouris | ... | Capt. Pharaoh Coffin |
| Albert Dekker | ... | Mr. Pike |
 | Anthony Quinn | ... | Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez |
 | Frank Faylen | ... | Whitey |
| Gavin Muir | ... | Booth Pennock |
| James Burke | ... | Pokey |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... | Padre |
| Roman Bohnen | ... | Col. Stuart |
 | Argentina Brunetti | ... | Elvira |
| Howard Freeman | ... | Sen. Creel |
| Julia Faye | ... | Wagon Woman |
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11214, General Audience)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
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Referenced in Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV) more
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CALIFORNIA OR BUST more
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In this movie John Farrow shows the great director he was. The camera work is exceptional, with scenes lasting more than 4 minutes filmed in just one take!. Although there are several of this scenes in the movie, there are other aspects to comment also. The actor's direction is superb, obtaining the most of all of them, in particular the performance of George Colouris (the villain) is outstanding. Moreover, this is not the typical western; the plot shifts unexpectedly from the line one assumes it will follow, to a very different one, and the movie maintains its coherence perfectly. A real gem.