The Desperate Mission (1969 film)
| Desperate Mission | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
| Written by | Jack Guss, Richard Collins |
| Produced by | David Silver (producer) Aaron Rosenberg (producer) Joseph Silver |
| Starring | Ricardo Montalban |
| Cinematography | Jorge Stahl Jr. |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
| Music by | Robert Drasnin, Lionel Newman |
Release date | 1969 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Desperate Mission is a 1969 American television film directed by Earl Bellamy. The production was a joint project of 20th Century Fox Television, Montalban Enterprises Production, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.[1]
Plot summary
The story is a fictionalization of the life of Joaquin Murrieta.
Cast
- Ricardo Montalban as Joaquin Murrieta
- Slim Pickens as Three-Finger Jack
- Roosevelt Grier as Morgan
- Jim McMullan as Arkansaw
- Earl Holliman as Shad Clay
- Ina Balin as Otilia Ruiz
- Robert J. Wilke as Gant
- Miriam Colon as Claudina, Otilia's Servant
- Anthony Caruso as Don Miguel Ruiz
- Eddra Gale as Dolores the Bartender
- Armando Silvestre as Diego Campos, Don Miguel's Man
- José Chávez as First Monk
- Ben Archibek as Frankie Gant
- Pancho Córdova as Father Augustine (as Francisco de Córdova)
- Charles Horvath as Yuma
- Allen Pinson as Corncracker
- Eldon Burke as Galvez
- Barbara Turner as The Farmer's Wife
References
External links
- Desperate Mission at IMDb
- Mission Desperate Mission is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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