Rose of the Rancho (1936)
THE MYSTERY BANDIT...A Drama of Old Mexico
85 min
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.
- Release date
- January 9, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Boles as Jim Kearney
- Gladys Swarthout as Rosita Castro aka Don Carlos
- Charles Bickford as Joe Kincaid
- Grace Bradley as Flossie
- Willie Howard as Pancho Spiegelgass
- Herb Williams as Phineas P. Jones
- H.B. Warner as Don Pasqual Castro
- Charlotte Granville as Dona Petrona
- Don Alvarado as Don Luis Espinosa
- Minor Watson as Jonathan Hill
Crew
- Marion Gering · Director
- Richard Walton Tully · Writer
- David Belasco · Writer
- Harlan Thompson · Writer
- Brian Hooker · Writer
- William LeBaron · Producer
- Leo Tover · Cinematographer
- Hugh Bennett · Editor