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California Conquest is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. [1] The film is set in the early 1840s, and deals with a conspiracy by native Hidalgo Californios to deliver the then-Mexican territory of California to the Russian Empire.
California Conquest: Directed by Lew Landers. With Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Alfonso Bedoya, Lisa Ferraday. In the 1840s, most Californians want their state to break away from Mexico and possibly join the USA but Russia, Britain and France aim to grab California for themselves.
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- Adventure, History, Romance
- Lew Landers
- 1952-07-04
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In the years between 1825 and 1841, California, a province of Mexico, is torn by internal strife. While France and Russia attempt to gain a foothold in the rich land, many of California's people hope to be annexed by the United States, a development that they believe would bring them freedom.
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- Cornel Wilde
- Lew Landers
- Columbia Pictures
California Conquest - (Original Trailer) A wealthy landowner (Cornel Wilde) leads the fight to leave Mexican rule and make California a state in California Conquest (1952).
The struggle to determine which country would control California (the US, Mexico, or Russia) is chronicled in this not-so-subtly disguised Cold War western. Wilde plays the leader of a group of Spanish Californians who would prefer that the US claim the rights to the territory.
