The Forty-Niners

1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers.

Cast

Bill Elliott

as Sam Nelson

Virginia Grey

as Stella Walker

Harry Morgan

as Alf Billings

John Doucette

as Ernie Walker

Lane Bradford

as Bill Norris

I. Stanford Jolley

as Everett (as Stanford Jolley)

Harry Lauter

as Gambler

Earle Hodgins

as Hotel Clerk

Dean Cromer

as Marshal Sloan

Ralph Sanford

as Bartender Joe

Reviews

John Chard

The Cold Water Ruckus. The Forty-Niners is directed by Thomas Carr and written by Dan Ullman. It stars Wild Bill Elliott, Harry Morgan, Virginia Grey, John Doucette and Lane Bradford. Music is by Raoul Kraushaar and cinematography by Ernest Miller. 1849 There was gold in California. Ac...

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