California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

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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

7.5(2 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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Republic Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

Red Ryder

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Little Beaver

Alice Fleming

Alice Fleming

Duchess Wentworth, Red's Aunt

Peggy Stewart

Peggy Stewart

Hazel Parker

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Colonel Parker

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis

Chopin - the Harmonica Killer

Joel Friedkin

Joel Friedkin

Murphy

Kenne Duncan

Kenne Duncan

Henchman Felton

Tom London

Tom London

Sheriff Peabody

Monte Hale

Monte Hale

Pete - Driver That Quits

Creative team

Directed by: R.G. Springsteen
Written by: Robert Creighton Williams

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