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California Gold Rush (1946)

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

Genre : Western

Runtime : 56M

Director : R.G. Springsteen
Writer : Robert Creighton Williams

Synopsis

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

Actors

Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Robert Blake
Robert Blake
Little Beaver (as Bobby Blake)
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
Wen Wright
Wen Wright
The Idaho Kid
Dickie Dillon
Dickie Dillon
Broken Arrow
Mary Arden
Mary Arden
Stage Passenger
Jack Kirk
Jack Kirk
Stage passenger

Crews

R.G. Springsteen
R.G. Springsteen
Director
Fred Harman
Fred Harman
Characters
Robert Creighton Williams
Robert Creighton Williams
Screenplay
Richard Cherwin
Richard Cherwin
Music Director
Sidney Picker
Sidney Picker
Associate Producer
William Bradford
William Bradford
Director of Photography
Charles Craft
Charles Craft
Editor
Frank Hotaling
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
Donald Verk
Donald Verk
Assistant Director
Earl Crain Sr.
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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