Sierra Baron

Sierra Baron (1958)

Old California's Bloodiest Battle for Power!

Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.

Date of release
1958-07-01
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Western
Director
James B. Clark

Casting

Interesting facts

Sierra Baron is a 1958 American Western CinemaScope color film directed by James B. Clark and starring Brian Keith, Rick Jason and Rita Gam, from the novel by Thomas W. Blackburn.

Production

The novel was published in 1955. The New York Times called it a "grade A novel". In May 1956 the novel was optioned by the sons of Spyros Skouras, Plato and Spyros Jnr, who had formed a production company, Artys Co, with their cousin Charles Spyros Jnr, son of Charles Skouras. André de Toth and John Hawkins wrote a script with De Toth intending to direct; the Skouras brothers wanted Gregory Peck and Jack Palance to star.

Eventually rights shifted to Regal Films Inc and the film was made as part of Regal's ten films in three months. De Toth did not direct.

The film was shot back to back with Villa!! in Mexico, in and around Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City.

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