Storyline
In Southern California during the Mexican regime, Don Marcello, son of the territorial governor, returns home to find that his father's secretary, Mendozza, has seized power. The coup arouses the anger of the revolutionary faction, which forms an alliance with Don Marcello.
Cast & Crew
Alice Lake
Paula
Lead
Richard Headrick
Don Marcello as a child
Gaston Glass
Don Marcello
Joseph J. Dowling
The governor
Robert McKim
Mendozza
Noah Beery
Maître Renaud
Otis Harlan
The secretary
Frank Campeau
Don Fernando
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John McDermott's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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