California Gold Rush

"THRILL TO THE ACTION ADEVENTURES OF YOUR FAVORITE COMIC STRIP HERO AS HE DASHES INTO DANGER IN HIS GREATEST WESTERN TRIUMPH!"

1946

0h 56m

6.0(1 votes)

Western

Overview

California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.

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15 members

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Bill Elliott

Red Ryder

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Robert Blake

Little Beaver

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Alice Fleming

Duchess Wentworth, Red's Aunt

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Peggy Stewart

Hazel Parker

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Russell Simpson

Colonel Parker

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Dick Curtis

Chopin - the Harmonica Killer

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Joel Friedkin

Murphy

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Kenne Duncan

Henchman Felton

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Tom London

Sheriff Peabody

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Monte Hale

Pete - Driver That Quits

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Wen Wright

The Idaho Kid

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Dickie Dillon

Broken Arrow

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Mary Arden

Stage Passenger

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Jack Kirk

Stage passenger

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James Mitchell

Townsman (uncredited)

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