California | |
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Directed by | Hamil Petroff |
Screenplay by | James West |
Story by | James West |
Produced by | Hamil Petroff |
Starring | Jock Mahoney Faith Domergue |
Cinematography | Ed Fitzgerald |
Edited by | Bert Honey |
Music by | Richard LaSalle |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Caren Productions |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
California is a 1963 American Western film directed by Hamil Petroff and starring Jock Mahoney and Faith Domergue.
Plot
Revolutionaries rise up against the Mexican government in California in 1841. Mexican general Don Francisco Hernandez pits his troops against a tenacious team of revolutionaries led by his half-brother Don Michael O'Casey. Marianna De La Rosa is an heiress pledged to marry Don Francisco although she secretly loves Don Michael.
Cast
- Jock Mahoney as Don Michael O'Casey
- Faith Domergue as Carlotta Torres
- Michael Pate as Don Francisco Hernandez
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Marianna De La Rosa (as Susan Seaforth)
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Padre Soler (as Rodolfo Hoyos)
- Penny Santon as Dona Ana Sofia Hicenta
- Jimmy Murphy as Jacinto
- Nestor Paiva as Gen. Micheltorena
- Roberto Contreras as Lt. Sanchez (as Roberto Contreres)
- Felix Locher as Don Pablo Hernandez
- Charles Horvath as Manuel
Production
The film was shot on the old Republic lot. The sword fight at the end was director Hamil Petroff's last-minute idea and it did not appear in the original script.
See also
References
- California at TCMDB
- Freese, Gene (2013). Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 978-1476612874.
External links
- California at IMDb
- California at the TCM Movie Database
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