IN OLD CALIENTE (1939) Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts & George 'Gabby' Hayes | Drama, Western | B&W

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In Old Caliente is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.

SYNOPSIS
Americans come West to California in the hope of peaceful settlement.

Set after California's Statehood but before the American Civil War, Roy Rogers is working for a wealthy Spanish family. One of their men is secretly betraying the arrival of targets of opportunity to a group of Anglo American bandits but puts the blame on Roy.

The film has several unusual sequences such as having several scenes shot on a beach and having bandits after a giant sphere of gold. There is only one mention made of Caliente, California.

CAST & CREW
Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
Lynne Roberts as Jean Marshall
George "Gabby" Hayes as "Gabby" Whittaker
Jack La Rue as Sujarno
Katherine DeMille as Rita Vargas
Frank Puglia as Don José Vargas
Harry Woods as 'Curly' Calkins
Paul Marion as Carlos Vargas
Ethel Wales as Aunt Felicia
Merrill McCormick as Pedro

Directed by Joseph Kane
Written by Norman Houston (story), Norman Houston (screenplay) and Gerald Geraghty (screenplay)
Produced by Joseph Kane
Cinematography William Nobles
Edited by Edward Mann
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date June 19, 1939
Running time 57 minutes, 54 minutes (US edited version)
Country United States
Language English

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