IN OLD CALIFORNIA
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM McGANN
PRODUCED BY ROBERT NORTH
REPUBLIC PICTURES
Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento,
where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry.
Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Summary written by Jim Beaver
Full Cast
John Wayne .... Tom Craig
Binnie Barnes .... Lacey Miller
Albert Dekker .... Britt Dawson
Helen Parrish .... Ellen Sanford
Patsy Kelly .... Helga
Edgar Kennedy .... Kegs McKeever
Dick Purcell .... Joe Dawson
Harry Shannon .... Mr. Carlin
Charles Halton .... Mr. Hayes
Emmett Lynn .... Whitey
Robert McKenzie .... Mr. Bates (as Bob McKenzie)
Milton Kibbee .... Ezra Tompkins
Paul Sutton .... Chick
Anne O'Neal .... Mrs. Tompkins
Richard Alexander .... Clem (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold .... Worried woman (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley .... Higgins (uncredited)
Sam Bernard .... Miner (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone .... San Francisco deputy (uncredited)
Edward Brady .... Angry citizen in lynch mob (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee .... Man on street (uncredited)
Zeke Canova .... Miner (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter .... Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Carr .... Man who warns of Kegs' arrival (uncredited)
Lynne Carver .... (uncredited)
Chester Conklin .... (uncredited)
Jim Corey .... Shorty (uncredited)
Wade Crosby .... San Francisco bartender (uncredited)
Donald Curtis .... Pike (Dawson's henchman) (uncredited)
Pearl Early .... Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Heenan Elliott .... Bit part (uncredited)
Frank Ellis .... Wagon driver (uncredited)
Fern Emmett .... Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)
Esther Estrella .... Maria Alvarez (uncredited)
Jim Farley .... Smollett (uncredited)
Martin Faust .... Miner (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga .... Señor Alvarez (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger .... Girl in first saloon (uncredited)
Karl Hackett .... Charlie (wagon owner) (uncredited)
Frank Hagney .... Angry citizen in lynch mob (uncredited)
Robert Homans .... Marshal Alvin Thompson (uncredited)
Olin Howland .... (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet .... Dr. Glaggett (uncredited)
Lew Kelly .... Forty-Niner (uncredited)
Jack Kirk .... Wagon driver on run (uncredited)
Emily LaRue .... Rosita Alvarez (uncredited)
Rex Lease .... Gold strike rider (uncredited)
George Lloyd .... San Francisco sheriff (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick .... (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr. .... (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn .... Deputy (uncredited)
Harry McKim .... Boy at wharf (uncredited)
Carl Miller .... Saloon patron (uncredited)
Michael Miller .... Yerp Bates (uncredited)
Frank Mills .... Loudmouthed oaf (uncredited)
Art Mix .... (uncredited)
James C. Morton .... Red (Sacramento bartender) (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor .... Bystander on riverboat (uncredited)
Bud Osborne .... (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea .... Saloon patron (uncredited)
Ralph Peters .... (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson .... Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Forrest Taylor .... Man in saloon with Carlin (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook .... Saloon waiter (uncredited)
Harry Tyler .... Huckster (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal .... Mrs. Carson (uncredited)
Guy Usher .... Captain of first boat (uncredited)
Max Waizmann .... Bystander (uncredited)
Fred Walburn .... Archie Higgins (uncredited)
Cecil Weston .... Mrs. Marvin (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker .... Man on street (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford .... Man in crowd (uncredited)
Matt Willis .... Joker at bar in San Francisco (uncredited)
Writing Credits
J. Robert Bren (story) and
Gladys Atwater (story)
Gertrude Purcell (screenplay) and
Frances Hyland (screenplay)
[B][U]Original Music
David Buttolph
Cinematography
Jack A. Marta
Trivia
* John Wayne plays a druggist. In real life, his father was a licensed pharmacist.
Filming Location
Kernville, California, USA