The Desperate Mission (1969)
A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
Top billed cast
Ricardo MontalbanJoaquin Murieta
Slim PickensThree-Finger Jack
Rosey GrierMorgan
Jim McMullanArkansaw
Earl HollimanShad Clay
Ina BalinOtilla Ruiz
Robert J. WilkeGant
Miriam ColonClaudina
Anthony CarusoDon Miguel Ruiz
Eddra GaleDolores the Bartender
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