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Sutter's Gold is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze.

Sutter's Gold
Directed by	James Cruze
Screenplay by	William Faulkner
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Edward Arnold Lee Tracy Binnie Barnes
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Music by	Franz Waxman
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1936 (1936-03-01)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$730,571[1]

The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); ISBN 1417910755, and a play by Bruno Frank.

Cast

• Edward Arnold as John Sutter
• Lee Tracy as Pete Perkin
• Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski
• Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter
• Montagu Love as Capt. Kettleson
• Addison Richards as James Marshall
• John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
• Harry Carey as Kit Carson
• William Janney as John Sutter, Jr.
• Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter
• Robert Warwick as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff
• Morgan Wallace as General Fremont
• Allen Vincent as Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jr.
• Mitchell Lewis as King Kamehameha
• Harry Cording as Seaman Lars (uncredited)
• George Irving as Dr. Billings (uncredited)

References

External links

• Sutter's Gold at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Sutter's Gold at IMDB

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