Old Los Angeles (1948)

Old Los Angeles (1948)

DARING DESPERADO - FIGHTING MARSHAL - WOMAN OF MYSTERY - MEXICAN SPITFIRE

Release Date: 1948, April 24
Directors: Joseph Kane
Countries: United States of America
Production: Republic Pictures, Republic Pictures
Cast: Henry Brandon, Joseph Schildkraut, Estelita Rodriguez, Andy Devine, Virginia Brissac, Bill Elliott, Roy Barcroft, Earle Hodgins, Julian Rivero, Grant Withers, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod

Overview:

Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable man"--until he beats the tar out of those who rile him. The problem with Elliot's more expensive Republic vehicles is that action invariably took a back seat to plot, romance, costumes and decor. Within a year of Old Los Angeles, Elliot started a more austere, less prettified and far superior western series.