California Passage (1950)
Director:
Joseph Kane
Writer:
James Edward Grant
Stars:
Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodriguez
Beautiful Adele Mara, who Republic Pictures took for granted for far too long, finally gets a chance to shine in this fine Western produced and directed by the dependent Joseph Kane. Mara plays Beth Martin, an Easterner traveling west to be reunited with her brother, Bob (Bill Williams). But Bob is not quite the hard-working miner that Beth and kid brother Tommy (Peter Miles) believed him to be and the newcomers quickly find themselves caught between double-crossing saloon owners Mike Prescott (Forrest Tucker) and Lincoln Corey (Jim Davis). Estelita Rodriguez, as Bob Martin's faithful girlfriend, performs {&"Second Hand Romance"} and {&"I'm Goin' Round in Circles,"} both by Jack Elliott and Harold Spina.