Old Los Angeles(1948)

Name: Old Los Angeles
Director: Joseph Kane
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-01-01
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Joseph Schildkraut, Andy Devine

Bill Elliott John Carroll Catherine McLeod Joseph Schildkraut Andy Devine

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.