The Desperate Mission (1969 film)

*The Desperate Mission*
The Desperate Mission
Genre	Western
Written by	Jack Guss; Richard Collins;
Directed by	Earl Bellamy
Starring	Ricardo Montalban
Music by	Robert Drasnin; Lionel Newman;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	David Silver; Aaron Rosenberg; Joseph Silver;
Cinematography	Jorge Stahl Jr.
Editor	Russell F. Schoengarth
Running time	97 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox; Montalban Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	November 20, 1969;

The Desperate Mission is a 1969 American made-for-television western film directed by Earl Bellamy. The production was a joint project of 20th Century Fox Television, Montalban Enterprises Production, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.^[1]

Plot summary[]

The story is a fictionalization of the life of Joaquin Murrieta.

Cast[]

Ricardo Montalban as Joaquin Murrieta
Slim Pickens as Three-Finger Jack
Roosevelt Grier as Morgan
Jim McMullan as Arkansaw
Earl Holliman as Shad Clay
Ina Balin as Otilia Ruiz
Robert J. Wilke as Gant
Miriam Colon as Claudina, Otilia's Servant
Anthony Caruso as Don Miguel Ruiz
Eddra Gale as Dolores the Bartender
Armando Silvestre as Diego Campos, Don Miguel's Man
José Chávez as First Monk
Ben Archibek as Frankie Gant
Pancho Córdova as Father Augustine (as Francisco de Córdova)
Charles Horvath as Yuma
Allen Pinson as Corncracker
Eldon Burke as Galvez
Barbara Turner as The Farmer's Wife

References[]

^ "The Desperate Mission (TV Movie 1969) - IMDb".

External links[]

Desperate Mission at IMDb
Mission The Desperate Mission is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "The Desperate Mission (TV Movie 1969) - IMDb".

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