California Gold Rush (1981)

7.0/10 100 min TV Movie Family Western

Overview

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.

Cast

John Dehner

Capt. John Sutter

Henry Jones

Joe Gillis

Gene Evans

Sam Brannon

Ken Curtis

Kentuck

Victor Mohica

Joaquin Murieta

Robert Hays

Bret Harte / Narrator

Cliff Osmond

Harry Love

Don Haggerty

Jake Brown

Henry Kendrick

C.C. Smith

Bill Zuckert

Parson

John Bishop

Thomas

William Moore

H.E.D. Redford

Oscar Rowland

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