In Old California
by William C. McGann
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Actor: Albert Dekker, Binnie Barnes, Helen Parrish, John Wayne, Patsy KellyDirector: William C. McGann
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Jack A. Marta
Editor: Howard O'Neill
Producer: Robert North
Writer: Frances Hyland
Writer: Gertrude Purcell
Writer: Gladys Atwater
Writer: J. Robert Bren
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-05-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Republic Pictures
Movie Reviews of In Old California
Movie Review: Joh Wayne The legend.
Summary: 5 Stars
there is alot of things I can say about the duke, I,ll break it down to one sentence,The greatest actor of our time,I have all of his movies, all westerns, and war dvds,In this review, In Old California, is just one of the best westerns i,ve seen yet.the story is well done, and the actors are great. anyone who collects john wayne dvds should add this dvd to his collection.
Summary of In Old California
IN OLD CALIFORNIA - DVD MoviePicture, if you will, a regulation old-time Western saloon, teeming with colorful frontier types and about to be knocked into kindling by a galoot with a fearsome toothache. At this moment, through the swinging doors appears a pilgrim from the East--Boston, to be precise--outfitted with top hat, frock coat, a courtly manner, and a medical bag filled with the miracles of modern (i.e., 1849) pharmacology. He will cure the ruffian's toothache. He is a druggist. He is also John Wayne.
In Old California qualifies as one of Duke's quirkier assignments during his indentured servitude at Republic Pictures, and he makes a game stab at the sort of arch light-comedy heroism more typically left to his Reap the Wild Wind costar Ray Milland. Unfortunately, he has to do so without discernible assistance from director William McGann. Moreover, the script, which is incoherent even by Republic standards, absentmindedly omits any prospect for menace till half the running time has elapsed. Saloon songstress Binnie Barnes may or may not be kept by her employer, the loutish empire builder Albert Dekker, who resents her attraction to Wayne almost as much as he wants to hog California for himself. Fortunately, the gold rush comes along to provide opportunity for civic hysteria, an outbreak of fever, several varieties of unlikely heroism, and a climactic shootout of surpassing silliness. Edgar Kennedy and Patsy Kelly handle the comic relief... but where does it begin? --Richard T. Jameson
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