Jeffrey Hunter as true-life 19th century Mexican immigrant Joaquín Murrieta, a "vaquero" (or, livestock herder) from Sonora who came to California with his wife to reap the rewards of the state--"a land of wonders"--only to find himself unwanted in prejudiced boom town. Partially-dubbed Spanish-made western distributed Stateside by Warner Bros. Is full of the expected clichés (a peeper in the woods when the wife takes a dip, the husband flawlessly serenading his wife by guitar, the gringo who tries to cheat the newcomer out of his mule and vows revenge when he's caught, etc.), but these ingredients tend to work when the direction is solid, and George Sherman certainly keeps a lively pace. **1/2 from ****
Review of Murieta!
