Movie Western
Mighty drama of men who were titans...and a woman who was their match!
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
Ray Milland Barbara Stanwyck Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Eduardo Ciannelli Roman Bohnen Argentina Brunetti Howard Freeman Julia Faye Don Beddoe Hank Bell John George Stanley Andrews Tom Chatterton Kernan Cripps Sam Flint Harry Hayden Ian Wolfe Philip Van Zandt Minerva Urecal Phil Tead Frances Morris Ethan Laidlaw Tommy Tucker Ian Wolfe Will Wright
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