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The Baron of Arizona is a 1950 American Western film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Vincent Price and Ellen Drew. [2] The film concerns a master forger's attempted use of false documents to lay claim to the territory of Arizona late in the 19th century.
- March 4, 1950
- Carl Hittleman, Executive producer:, Robert L. Lippert, Associate producer:, Sam White
The Baron of Arizona: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff, Beulah Bondi. Master swindler James Reavis painstakingly spends years forging documents and land grants that will make his wife and him undisputed owners of the entire territory of Arizona.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Samuel Fuller
- 1950-03-04
James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843 – November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona, [Note 2] was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also known as the Barony of Arizona, a pair of fraudulent land claims, which if certified, would ...
- US$5,000 fine and 2 years prison
- James Addison Reavis, May 10, 1843, Henry County, Missouri
- Baron of Arizona
- November 27, 1914 (aged 71), Denver, Colorado
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Baron of Arizona, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) She Is A Baroness Writer-director Sam Fuller mixing flashback and narration to deliver back-story as Reavis (Vincent Price) grooms Sofia (Karen Kester) for his historic scam in The Baron of Arizona, 1950.
The Baron of Arizona. In one of his own favorite roles, Vincent Price portrays legendary swindler James Addison Reavis, who in 1880 concocted an elaborate and dangerous hoax to name himself the "Baron" of Arizona, and therefore inherit all the land in the state. Samuel Fuller adapts this tall tale to film with fleet, elegant storytelling and a ...
