The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

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The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
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Directed by Rolf Olsen
Written by Herbert Reinecker
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Karl Löb
Edited by Karl Aulitzky
Music by Erwin Halletz
Production
company
Magnet Film
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • 28 March 1964 (1964-03-28)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (German : Der Letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz) is a 1964 West German-Austrian Western film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Edmund Purdom, Mario Adorf, and Marianne Koch. [1] [2] The film was shot at the Spandau Studios, and on location in the Canary Islands. The sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter, Leo Metzenbauer and Otto Pischinger

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References

  1. Pitts, p. 181.
  2. Hal Erickson (2011). "The New York Times: The Last Ride to Santa Cruz". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

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