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68% Critic Match
California
“Mighty drama of men who were titans...and a woman who was their match!”
6.8 / 10• 1947• 1h 37m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
Cast & Crew
Ray Milland
Jonathan Trumbo
Lead
Barbara Stanwyck
Lily Bishop
Barry Fitzgerald
Michael Fabian
George Coulouris
Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
Albert Dekker
Mr. Pike
Anthony Quinn
Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez
Frank Faylen
Whitey
Gavin Muir
Booth Pennock
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Farrow's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. California is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
