Pirates of Monterey (1947) DVD-R

Starring Maria Montez, Rod Cameron, Mikhaul Rasumny, Phillip Reed,
Gilbert Roland, Gale Sondergaard
Directed by Alfred L. Werker

Print: color
Runtime: 77 min.
Genre: western
Print Quality: B

Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio,
journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Their
assignment consists in delivering state-of-the art new guns that will help
the Californians fight against Spanish royalists who, disguised as pirates,
keep ransacking their towns, villages and forts. Once in Los Angeles,
they meet two women, Marguerita and Filomena, who have just missed
the stagecoach. Kent reluctantly accepts to escort them but soon falls for
the prettier while Pio does not remain insensitive to Filomena. However,
after a wonderful night in Santa Barbara, the two ladies vanish in the
haze. Overcoming their disappointment, the two men hit the road again
and finally reach Monterey where they are welcomed by Lieutenant
Ortega, Phillip's best friend. Besides a tricky situation due to the constant
attacks of the "pirates", Phillip discovers a new unsettling fact:
Marguerita is there in order to be officially engaged to Ortega.