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California Gold Rush

Release Year
1981
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Family
TV Movie
Western
Directed By
Jack Hively
California Gold Rush

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 & Crew

Cast

John Dehner

Capt. John Sutter

Gene Evans

Sam Brannon

Ken Curtis

Kentuck

Victor Mohica

Joaquin Murieta

Robert Hays

Bret Harte / Narrator

Cliff Osmond

Harry Love

Don Haggerty

Jake Brown

Coleman Creel

Owens

Henry Kendrick

C.C. Smith

Bill Zuckert

Parson

Bert Santos

John Aspiras

Crew

Jack Hively

Director

Stephen W. Gray

Director of Photography

John Cacavas

Original Music Composer

Paul Staheli

Production Design

James L. Conway

Producer

Bret Harte

Writer

Thomas C. Chapman

Story

Roy London

Story

Dale Angell

Sound Effects Editor

Don Perry

Music Supervisor

Jim Simard

Art Direction

Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Executive Producer

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