California Gold Rush (1981)
Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how that discovery changed the history of the west forever.
Director: Jack Hively
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John Dehner as Capt. John Sutter |
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Henry Jones as Joe Gillis |
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Gene Evans as Sam Brannon |
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Ken Curtis as Kentuck |
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Victor Mohica as Joaquin Murieta |
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Robert Hays as Bret Harte / Narrator |
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Cliff Osmond as Harry Love |
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Don Haggerty as Jake Brown |
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Coleman Creel as Owens |
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Henry Kendrick as C.C. Smith |
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Bill Zuckert as Parson |
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Bert Santos as |
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John Aspiras as |
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John Bishop as Thomas |
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David Chambers as |
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Stewart Falconer as |
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John Hansen as |
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William Moore as |
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H.E.D. Redford as |
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Oscar Rowland as |
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James Lyle Strong as |
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Scott Wilkinson as Russ Kincaid |
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Dan Rogers as Prospector |
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Alan Meyer as Young Prospector |
| Production | Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Art | Paul Staheli | Production Design |
| Editing | Trevor Jolly | Editor |
| Camera | Stephen W. Gray | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bret Harte | Writer |
| Writing | Roy London | Story |
| Production | James L. Conway | Producer |
| Sound | John Cacavas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Don Perry | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Jim Simard | Art Direction |
| Writing | Thomas C. Chapman | Story |
| Sound | Dale Angell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Jack Hively | Director |