THE BARON OF ARIZONA - 1950 Western Movie

Thirty years before Arizona achieves statehood, scam artist James Addison Reavis (Vincent Price) cooks up an elaborate scheme to claim the territory as his own. Reavis convinces Mexican immigrant Pepito (Vladimir Sokoloff) that his daughter is the heir to a barony of land granted by Spain, and then departs for years of patient efforts to create a false paper trail. He returns years later to claim the now-grown heir, Sofia (Ellen Drew), as his wife, but will his plan withstand scrutiny? A 1950 American Western film directed by Samuel Fuller. Cast Vincent Price as James Reavis Ellen Drew as Sofia Vladimir Sokoloff as Pepito Beulah Bondi as Loma Reed Hadley as Griff Robert Barrat as Judge (as Robert H. Barrat) Robin Short as Lansing Tina Pine as Rita (as Tina Rome) Karen Kester as Sofia as a child Margia Dean as the Marquesa Jonathan Hale as the Governor Edward Keane as Miller Barbara Woodell as Mrs. Lansing I. Stanford Jolley as Mr. Richardson Fred