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7.4/10   20 votes
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Writers:
Richard Collins (writer)
Jack Guss (writer)
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Release Date:
3 December 1971 (USA) more
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Plot:
A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francissco. full summary | add synopsis
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Forgettable more (1 total)

Cast

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Ricardo Montalban ... Joaquin Murieta
Slim Pickens ... Three-Finger Jack
Roosevelt Grier ... Morgan

Jim McMullan ... Arkansaw
Earl Holliman ... Shad Clay
Ina Balin ... Otilia Ruiz

Robert J. Wilke ... Gant
Miriam Colon ... Claudina, Otilia's Servant
Anthony Caruso ... Don Miguel Ruiz
Eddra Gale ... Delores the Bartender
Armando Silvestre ... Diego Campos, Don Miguel's Man
José Chávez ... First Monk
Ben Archibek ... Frankie Gant
Pancho Córdova ... Father Augustine (as Francisco de Córdova)
Charles Horvath ... Yuma
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Joaquin Murietta (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
96 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Fun Stuff

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Filmed in 1969, not broadcast until 1971. more
Quotes:
Don Miguel Ruiz: I cannot trust them; but greed, Otilia, is dependable. more

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2 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Forgettable, 14 December 2008

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I warn you, what you deal with has nothing to do with William Wellman's adaptation of Joaquim Muriata's "real" life - Robin Hood of Eldorado, shot in 1936. And this last feature - Wellman's one - was also far from the famous outlaw's actual story. But it was far better than this TV movie.

I don't say it is really bad, but a bit disappointing. Nothing new in this topic about a bunch of men, whose fortunes meet, and who decide to help a wealthy man's wife to rejoin San Francisco. To escort her stagecoach. The rich man is played by Anthony Caruso; a Mexican of course. And during the journey to Frisco, they discover that the stagecoach has a gold bullion inside it. That's the beginning of the end of our heroes' friendship. They will have to fight not only bandits but also among themselves...And the gorgeous Mexican woman has also to do with it. A lot, as you can guess...

We have seen this a thousand times. But the movie is watchable.

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