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Overview

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6.3/10   329 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Gertrude Purcell (screenplay) &
Frances Hyland (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
31 May 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Surprisingly good, as long as you're not looking for War and Peace. more (12 total)

Cast

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John Wayne ... Tom Craig
Binnie Barnes ... Lacey Miller
Albert Dekker ... Britt Dawson
Helen Parrish ... Ellen Sanford
Patsy Kelly ... Helga
Edgar Kennedy ... Kegs McKeever
Dick Purcell ... Joe Dawson
Harry Shannon ... Mr. Carlin
Charles Halton ... Mr. Hayes
Emmett Lynn ... Whitey
Robert McKenzie ... Mr. Bates (as Bob McKenzie)
Milton Kibbee ... Ezra Tompkins (as Milt Kibbee)
Paul Sutton ... Chick - Dawson's henchman
Anne O'Neal ... Mrs. Tompkins
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gold Runs the River (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
88 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:PG (video rating) (1996) | UK:PG (tv rating) | UK:U (original rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8280) | West Germany:12
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Wayne plays a druggist. In real life, his father was a licensed pharmacist. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of John Wayne (2007) (TV) more

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13 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly good, as long as you're not looking for War and Peace., 7 July 2000
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Author: Dan Phillips (filops@yahoo.com) from California

In Old California is a fun, surprisingly complex John Wayne vehicle from more positive and principled days. It features a good good guy (gosh, even goes to church! feature that!), a couple of bad bad guys - and even a character that transforms from shady to admirable.

It's a move that takes one's attention, keeps it, and sends one off feeling good. If that's your idea of a good movie experience, give it a go.

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