"Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how that discovery changed the history of the west forever."
John Dehner
as Capt. John Sutter
Henry Jones
as Joe Gillis
Gene Evans
as Sam Brannon
Ken Curtis
as Kentuck
Victor Mohica
as Joaquin Murieta
Robert Hays
as Bret Harte / Narrator
Cliff Osmond
as Harry Love
Don Haggerty
as Jake Brown
Coleman Creel
as Owens
Henry Kendrick
as C.C. Smith
Bill Zuckert
as Parson
Bert Santos
as
John Aspiras
John Bishop
as Thomas
David Chambers
Stewart Falconer
John Hansen
William Moore
H.E.D. Redford
Oscar Rowland
James Lyle Strong
Scott Wilkinson
as Russ Kincaid
Dan Rogers
as Prospector
Alan Meyer
as Young Prospector
Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Executive Producer
Paul Staheli
Production Design
Trevor Jolly
Editor
Stephen W. Gray
Director of Photography
Bret Harte
Writer
Roy London
Story
James L. Conway
Producer
John Cacavas
Original Music Composer
Don Perry
Music Supervisor
Jim Simard
Art Direction
Thomas C. Chapman
Dale Angell
Sound Effects Editor
Jack Hively
Director