In Old California (1942)
Torn from the pages of America's most reckless era-THE UNFORGETTABLE GOLD RUSH DAYS!
88 min
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.
- Release date
- May 31, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- John Wayne as Tom Craig
- Binnie Barnes as Lacey Miller
- Albert Dekker as Britt Dawson
- Helen Parrish as Ellen Sanford
- Patsy Kelly as Helga
- Edgar Kennedy as Kegs McKeever
- Dick Purcell as Joe Dawson
- Harry Shannon as Mr. Carlin
- Charles Halton as Mr. Hayes
- Emmett Lynn as Whitey
- Robert McKenzie as Mr. Bates (as Bob McKenzie)
- Milton Kibbee as Ezra Tompkins
- Paul Sutton as Chick - Dawson's henchman
- Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Tompkins
- Richard Alexander as Clem - Dawson's Henchman (uncredited)
- Jessie Arnold as Worried Woman
- Hooper Atchley as Higgins
- Sam Bernard as Miner
- Stanley Blystone as San Francisco Deputy
- Rudy Bowman as Townsman
- Ed Brady as Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
- Frank Brownlee as Man on Street
- Roy Bucko as Henchman
- Nora Bush as Townswoman
- Horace B. Carpenter as Townsman
- Lynne Carver as Undetermined Minor Role
- Chester Conklin as Undetermined Minor Role
- Jim Corey as Shorty
- Wade Crosby as San Francisco Bartender
Crew
- William C. McGann · Director
- Gertrude Purcell · Writer
- Frances Hyland · Writer
- J. Robert Bren · Writer
- Gladys Atwater · Writer
- David Buttolph · Composer
- Jack A. Marta · Cinematographer
- Howard O'Neill · Editor
- Murray Seldeen · Editor