In Old California [Blu-ray]

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After the gold rush, pharmacist John Wayne sets up shop in California, where he's soon forced to spar with the corrupt town boss (Albert Dekker).

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Release Date:	05/28/2013
UPC:	0887090065207
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Olive
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:22:00

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Performance Credits

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
Bob McKenzie	Mr. Bates
Milt Kibbee	Mr. Tompkins,Mr. Tompkins
Paul Sutton	Chick
Anne O'Neal	Mrs. Tompkins
Minerva Urecal	Mrs. Carson
Robert E. Homans	Marshal
Hooper Atchley	Higgins
Pearl Early	Mrs. Bates
Ruth Robinson	Mrs. Higgins
Frank Jaquet	Dr. Glaggett
Jack O'Shea	Saloon Patron
Jack Kirk	Wagon Driver on Run
Lynne Carver	Actor
James Morton	Red,Actor
Horace B. Carpenter	Townsman in Mob
Olin Howlin	Actor
Chester Conklin	Actor
Frank Hagney	Actor,Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
Ralph Peters	Bar Brawler
Forrest Taylor	Man in Saloon with Carlin
Richard Alexander	Clem
Donald Curtis	Pike
George Lloyd	San Francisco Sheriff
Stanley Blystone	San Francisco Deputy
Slim Whitaker	Man in Street
Frank Ellis	Wagon Drive
Bud Osborne	Actor
Ed Brady	Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
Wade Crosby	San Francisco Bartender
Guy Usher	Captain of First Boat
Martin Garralaga	Señor Alvarez
Rex Lease	Gold Strike Rider
Karl Hackett	Charlie
Art Mix	Actor
Merrill McCormack	Dawson's Henchman
Frank McGlynn Sr.	Actor
Pedro de Cordoba	Mr. Carlin
David Buttolph	Composer

Technical Credits

William McGann	Director,Director
Robert North	Producer

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Editorial Reviews

In Old California is hardly a memorable movie, but it does have some curiosity value. After all, when was the last time you saw the legendary John Wayne play a frontier pharmacist? If that casting seems a bit off-key, it's with good reason. Nobody could carry a good western quite like Wayne, and even in less-than-good "oaters," he provided the kind of sturdy, manly presence that was essential for the genre. But he's not really comfortable with his California role and therefore ends up playing it as he does many of his more typical cowboy heroes. Sure, he tries to be a bit less commanding, but that's just not what Wayne was about, and those attempts don't ring true. Everyone feels better, Wayne included, when the actor simply forgets he's a druggist and acts like Wayne. The screenplay is a bigger problem, a fairly slight story that has been stretched to fill a feature length film, and the film suffers from that. William McGann's direction is adequate but nothing more, and doesn't fill up the dead space as it needs to. Albert Dekker does very well as Wayne's moral opposite, and there's fine support from ladies Binnie Barnes and Helen Parrish and some very funny moments from Patsy Kelly. But all in all, California is only moderate entertainment.

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