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California (1963 film)

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California
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

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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

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Production

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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.[2]

See also

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References

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  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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