California
(1950)
Regisseur:
John FarrowSchauspieler:
Ray Milland, Frank Faylen, Anthony Quinn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Howard Freeman, Albert Dekker, George Coulouris, Barbara Stanwyck, James Burke, Barry Fitzgerald, Gavin Muir, Roman Bohnen, Argentina Brunetti, Julia FayeKalifornien im Jahr 1848. Die Bevölkerung ist bunt gemischt. Doch die meisten Bewohner sprechen sich für den Anschluss an die Union aus. Nur die korrupte Oberschicht, allen voran der despotische Capt. Pharoah Coffin, setzt alles daran, den Staat in die Unabhängigkeit zu führen und schreckt dabei vor nichts zurück.
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnnny 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.
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnnny 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.
