The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
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Gentlemanly William Powell is cast spectacularly but effectively against type in Treasure of the Lost Canyon. Powell plays Doc Brown, a somewhat seedy frontier sawbones who takes orphaned David (Tommy Ivo) under his wing. Doc knows that David is being victimized financially by crooked-attorney Lucius (Henry Hull), but he's in no position to do much about it. He'd also like to return to his prosperous practice in San Francisco, but again he's powerless to do so. Things take a surprising turn when David and the Doc go on a search for a chest full of treasure that the boy had discovered earlier in the proceedings, but had tossed into a treacherous waterfall. Alternately spine-chilling and hilarious, Treasure of the Lost Canyon was by far the most uncharacteristic William Powell vehicle since The Senator was Indiscreet (1947). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- William Powell - Doc Homer Brown
- Charles Drake - Jim Anderson
- Rosemary de Camp - Samuella Brown
- Chubby Johnson - Baltimore Dan
- Marvin Press - Paddy
- Griff Barnett - Judge Wade
- Charles Ivo
- Ed Rickard - Bit
- Virginia Mullen - Mrs. Crabtree
- James Ogg - Guard
- Hugh Prosser - Fire Captain
- Julie Adams - Myra Wade
- Henry Hull - Cousin Lucius
- Tommy Ivo - David
- John Doucette - Gyppo
- Frank Wilcox - Stranger
- Philo McCullough
- George Taylor - Clem
- Ed Hinkle - Miner
- Paul Newlan - Coach Driver
- Jack Perrin - Sheriff
- Director(s):
- Ted Tetzlaff
- Writer(s):
- Brainerd Duffield
- Producer(s):
- Leonard Goldstein
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