In Old California

May 31, 1942

1h 31m

★ 5.1

Torn from the pages of America's most reckless era-THE UNFORGETTABLE GOLD RUSH DAYS!

Overview

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

Genres

Action

Romance

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Tom Craig

John Wayne

Lacey Miller

Binnie Barnes

Britt Dawson

Albert Dekker

Ellen Sanford

Helen Parrish

Helga

Patsy Kelly

Kegs McKeever

Edgar Kennedy

Joe Dawson

Dick Purcell

Mr. Carlin

Harry Shannon

Mr. Hayes

Charles Halton

Whitey

Emmett Lynn

Mr. Bates (as Bob McKenzie)

Robert McKenzie

Ezra Tompkins

Milton Kibbee

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

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