A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Nina Quartero
- Anita Garcia
- (as Nena Quartero)
Slim Whitaker
- Jake Morgan
- (as Charles Whitaker)
Sam Appel
- Garcia - Bartender
- (uncredited)
Hank Bell
- Morgan Rider
- (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
- Morgan Rider
- (uncredited)
Roy Bucko
- Morgan Rider
- (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez
- Gonzales Henchman
- (uncredited)
Frank Ellis
- Frank - One of Morgan's Men
- (uncredited)
Jack Evans
- Orderly
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLeon Schlesinger, who in addition to creating and overseeing the Warner Bros. animation unit, also produced films for the studio's B-western unit. He signed a broad-shouldered young actor named John Wayne partly out of his physical resemblance to Warners' silent-era cowboy star Ken Maynard in order to more easily match the stunts and footage taken from the earlier Maynard silents that were to be inserted into a series of remakes of those films, of which this is one.
- Quotes
Captain John Holmes: You know, Felipe, there's something suspicious about all this.
Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca: Senor, we shall consult the cards. They never fail. Ah, they never fail.
Captain John Holmes: Aw, stick those cards in your...
Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca: SEÑOR!
Captain John Holmes: ...in your pocket. Come on.
- Crazy creditsOpening cards:
California -- 1848
The rancho castanares-- near the pueblo Santa Barbara. A vast domain, reaching from the mountains to the sea...
- ConnectionsFeatures The Canyon of Adventure (1928)
Featured review
early john wayne
26 Year old John Wayne is Captain Holmes in this short shortie from Warner Brothers. The US guv-ment is trying to convince land-owners to register their land, or it will be declared open land. Holmes has been ordered to get the large ranchers to register their land to avoid property wars, and his first challenge is "Castanares", owner of a very large ranch. Slim Whitaker is "Morgan", who wants to make sure the landowners DON'T register their deed, so they can get the ranch and the land, free of charge. Would be interesting to know the locations, but was probably the director's house or maybe Corriganville in north LA. It's all okay. Wayne is still the young, energetic, wide-eyed kid, on a mission. He's not yet the older, wiser, all-knowing gentleman of an older generation. He comes to the rescue of Dolores ( Ruth Hall ), the don's daughter. and SOMEONE is dressed up in drag, but we're not sure quite who! Kind of a funny bit where Holmes and the good guys are running from room to room to escape the bad guys, and it looks like a scene from Scooby Doo. or maybe the three stooges. and a sword fight breaks out. and Duke the horse goes for help as oats are being burned by the bushel. It's not bad. shows on Turner Classic. directed by Mack Wright. certainly important for john wayne fans.
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- Also known as
- Kaliforniens riddare
- Filming locations
- Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(location filming per AFI Catalog)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $28,000 (estimated)
- Runtime57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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