California

If you have nothing else to do or to watch, this is the movie for you. It is an action movie with too little action, but it does have a great score and evokes Zorro at certain points, but only momentarily. The story itself if typical of the late 1950s and early 60s, an outsider comes into a local situation, sees the evil in it and sets about righting wrongs to win the girl in the end. However, its premise is a bit stretched as is the acting. There are some areas where you must suspend history. First of all, the rifles the army uses are rolling block Spencers or Springfields of the 1870s, not 1840s. I also saw at least on revolver, which was not produced until the 1850s. However if you enjoyed Mahoney in Yancy Derringer, you'll like this movie.

Jock Mahoney and Faith Domergue star in this film, which wants to tell a story of California's fight for statehood. Michael O'Casey's mother was a Hernandez, proud Californian, but when O'Casey comes to town to get her a tombstone, the town is on the verge of a battle scene. General Micheltorena is coming to rape and pillage, in the name of "peace keeping", but has left a trail of destruction where-ever he goes. The budget for this thing must have been about four dollars! whenever they talk about fighting back and getting the neighbors and ranchers to stand up to the soldiers, all we ever see is O'Casey taking on everyone in sight! He enlists the local cantina owner, as well as the local female mexican ranch-owner. and of course they fight over him. Lots of complicated, little sub-plots here... the cantina owner is schtupping Don Francisco, who is also supposed to marry the ranch-owner. Directed by Hamil Petroff, who directed a whopping TWO films... and had only acted in seven. It's kind of hit or miss. Has moments of good acting and story, but they spend an awful lot of time cracking jokes and showing us how the protective aunt must chaperone the female land owner. showing on epix channel. mildly entertaining, but it aint no shakespeare.