In Old Caliente
{{short description|1939 film}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = In Old Caliente
| image = In Old Caliente FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Joseph Kane
| producer = Joseph Kane
| writer = Norman Houston (story)
Norman Houston (screenplay) and
Gerald Geraghty (screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = Roy Rogers
| music =
| cinematography = William Nobles
| editing = Edward Mann
| distributor = Republic Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1939|06|19}}
| runtime = 57 minutes
54 minutes (US edited version)
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
In Old Caliente is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.{{Cite book |last=Hanfling |first=Barrie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Opg-CgAAQBAJ |title=Westerns and the Trail of Tradition: A Year-by-Year History, 1929-1962 |date=2016-04-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0836-5 |pages=77 |language=en}}
Plot
Set after California's Statehood but before the American Civil War, Roy Rogers is working for a wealthy Spanish family. One of their men is secretly betraying the arrival of targets of opportunity to a group of Anglo American bandits but puts the blame on Roy.
The film has several unusual sequences such as having several scenes shot on a beach and having bandits after a giant sphere of gold. There is only one mention made of Caliente, California.
Cast
- Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
- Lynne Roberts as Jean Marshall
- George "Gabby" Hayes as "Gabby" Whittaker
- Jack La Rue as Sujarno
- Katherine DeMille as Rita Vargas
- Frank Puglia as Don José Vargas
- Harry Woods as 'Curly' Calkins
- Paul Marion as Carlos Vargas
- Ethel Wales as Aunt Felicia
- Merrill McCormick as Pedro
Soundtrack
- Roy Rogers - "Sundown on the Rangeland" (Written by Fred Rose)
- Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes - "We're Not Coming Out Tonight" (Written by Walter G. Samuels)
- Roy Rogers - "The Moon, She Will Be Shining Tonight" (Written by Walter G. Samuels)
- Roy Rogers - "Ride On Vaquero"
References
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External links
- {{AFI film|968|In Old Caliente}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0031478|title=In Old Caliente}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=in_old_caliente|name=In Old Caliente}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
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Category:1939 Western (genre) films
Category:Republic Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Joseph Kane
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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