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California 1977

Status
Released
Runtime
98 minutes
Director
Michele Lupo
Networks
Uranos Cinematografica, José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas
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★ TMDB users: 5.9/10 from 34 votes Western Released
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★ 5.9/10
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Topic: Film "California" (1977). Goal: Factual, original 150-190 word overview.

Type
Film
Year
1977
Status
Released
Runtime
98 minutes
Release date
Jul 16, 1977
Original language
IT
Origin
Italy, Spain
Studios
Uranos Cinematografica, José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas
Genres
Western
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Rating
★ TMDB users: 5.9/10 from 34 votes
Episode runtime
~98 minutes
Status
Released
Networks
Uranos Cinematografica, José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas
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Topic: Film "California" (1977).
Goal: Factual, original 150-190 word overview.
Constraints:
Write ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented/guessed titles, names, actors, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
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Word count: 150-190 words.
Source 1: Title: California (1977). Release date: 07/16/1977 (IT). Genre: Western. Runtime: 1h 38m.
Source 2: Synopsis: End of Civil War, Union soldier released from prison travels with fellow prisoner to Missouri. Companion shot and hung for horse stealing. California decides to take dead companion's belongings to his family's ranch. Falls in love with friend's sister. "Ghosts" of the war return to haunt him.
Source 3 (Italian Wikipedia): Mentions California decides to bring Willy's medal to his parents. Convincingly stays at the farm by the dead man's sister. They fall in love. The girl is kidnapped by bounty hunters used as a hostage to escape the law. (Note: "Willy" is a name mentioned here).
Title: California.
Year: 1

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Should you watch it?

“A released Union soldier delivers a dead companion's belongings to a family ranch.”

Reasons to watch
  • It is a 1977 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Michele Lupo.
  • The film was generally well received by critics.
  • The film was successful at the Italian box office.
Keep in mind
  • The provided sources lack detailed plot resolution and complete actor or character name lists.

Watch it if you enjoy 1970s Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western films set at the end of the Civil War.

The film runs for one hour and thirty-eight minutes and features themes of post-war conflict and western drama.

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The film was generally well received by critics and was successful at the Italian box office.

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The film has a total runtime of one hour and thirty-eight minutes.

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