Robin Hood of El Dorado

Robin Hood of El Dorado is a 1936 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman for MGM. It stars Warner Baxter as real-life Mexican folk hero Joaquin Murrieta and Ann Loring as his love interest, with Bruce Cabot as Bill Warren and J. Carrol Naish as Murrietta's notorious partner, Three-Fingered Jack. The film is based on the life of Murrietta as the Robin Hood of Old California in 1850, a kind, gentle man who is driven to violence. Plot summary In 1848 in California, Mexican farmer Joaquin Murietta has become a criminal to avenge the rape and murder of his wife Rosita and lynching of his brother Jose at the hands of the Americans. Cast Warner Baxter as Joaquin Murrietta Ann Loring as Juanita de la Cuesta Bruce Cabot as Bill Warren Margo as Rosita J. Carrol Naish as Three-Fingered Jack Soledad Jiménez as Madre Murrietta Carlos de Valdez as Jose Murrietta Eric Linden as Johnnie Warren Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff Judd Charles Trowbridge as Ramon de la Cuesta Harvey Stevens as Captain Osborne Ralph Remley as Judge Perkins George Regas as Tomas Harry Woods as Pete Francis McDonald as Pedro the Spy Kay Hughes as Louise Paul Hurst as Wilson Boothe Howard as Tablard