California (1963 film)

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California
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Directed byHamil Petroff
Screenplay byJames West
Story byJames West
Produced byHamil Petroff
StarringJock Mahoney
Faith Domergue
CinematographyEd Fitzgerald
Edited byBert Honey
Music byRichard LaSalle
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Caren Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • March 3, 1963 (1963-03-03)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

California is a 1963 American Western film directed by Hamil Petroff and starring Jock Mahoney and Faith Domergue.[1]

Plot[]

Revolutionaries rise up against the Mexican government in California in 1841 is told through the story of doomed Mexican general Don Francisco Hernandez (Michael Pate), who pits his troops against a tenacious team of revolutionaries led by his half brother, Don Michael O'Casey (Jock Mahoney). Susan Seaforth Hayes co-stars as Marianna De La Rosa, an heiress pledged to marry the ruthless Don Francisco even though she secretly loves Don Michael in this 1963 historical adventure.

Cast[]

Production[]

The film was shot on the old Republic lot. The sword fight at the end was a last-minute idea of the director's not in the original script.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ California at TCMDB
  2. ^ Freese, Gene (2013). Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 978-1476612874.

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