Shepperd Strudwick takes the role, shot mostly wild and narrated by Carey Wilson, of Joaquim Murrieta. During a period when the United States' grasp on California was sill uncertain, Joaquim was a bandit who claimed to be a defender of the Mexicans. Of course, such claims depend on which side of the issue you come down on personally. Me, I'm against bandits, but I'm for a good story.
Carey Wilson was one of the longtime movie makers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He had begun at Goldwyn in the 1910s, and easily survived the amalgamation in 1924. He was credited as one of the screenwriters on BEN-HUR and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY.... and did uncredited work on more than a hundred movies until his retirement in 1952. He died in 1962, aged 72.
Carey Wilson was one of the longtime movie makers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He had begun at Goldwyn in the 1910s, and easily survived the amalgamation in 1924. He was credited as one of the screenwriters on BEN-HUR and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY.... and did uncredited work on more than a hundred movies until his retirement in 1952. He died in 1962, aged 72.