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Old Louisiana
“A STIRRING DRAMA OF THE FIRST HISTORIC CONFLICT BETWEEN AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE SUPREME COURT!”
7.5 / 10• 1937• 1h 0m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But John Colfax fights to defeat Gilmore.
Cast & Crew
Tom Keene
John Colfax
Lead
Rita Hayworth
Angela Gonzales as Rita Cansino
Robert Fiske
Luke E. Gilmore, Louisana Fur Co.
Ray Bennett
Flint
Budd Buster
Kentuck (as Bud Buster)
CD
Carlos De Valdez
Governor Conzales
RH
Ramsay Hill
James Madison (as C. Ramsay Hill)
Allan Cavan
President Thomas Jefferson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Irvin Willat's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Old Louisiana is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
