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California

California

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 21, 1947

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Western

User Score

66%

Original Title

California

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

John Farrow

Description

"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.