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Plot

This drama is based on the true story of a Mexican immigrant and his wife, who travel to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Their only friend in the area is an army captain. They are taunted by a group of racist miners, and the wife is raped and murdered. The husband swears revenge, rounds up a group of men, and conducts raids on mining camps in search of the murderers, becoming a successful gambler along the way. The army captain is forced to kill him when the raids get too wild.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
107min.
Distributor(s):
Warner Brothers
Director(s):
George Sherman
Starring:
Jeffrey Hunter , Arthur Kennedy , Diana Lorys , Sara Lezana , Roberto Camardiel
Themes:
Race Relations,Out For Revenge
Tone:
Confrontational,Disturbing,Tense
Keywords:
family-member,gambling,gold,immigrant,killing,mining-camp,racism,rape,revenge,survivor
Language:
English