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Word: calleia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along with his new identity and the promise of riches, he picks up a doting mother (Selena Royle), an affectionate sister (Mona Freeman) and a sudden rash of scruples. When he learns that the rancher's real, kidnaped son has been adopted by a Mexican bandit chief (Joseph Calleia), Ladd stages a one-man invasion of Mexico to bring the missing heir home. He is undeterred by a whole bandit army, the rough terrain and the fact that the long-lost son is perfectly content to stay where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 15, 1951 | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

...movie gets the benefit of solid performances by Actors Calleia and Bickford, plus Director Rudolph Mate's efficient handling of a last-reel chase. But, like everything else in this saddle soap opera, the assets are defeated by the unstinted heroics of deadpan Actor Ladd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 15, 1951 | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

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