Back in December, I blogged about a movie in which the story takes place in Temecula. The movie is "Law of the Lash". My neighbor rented the movie, and I got a chance to watch it.

It's about a U.S. Marshall named "Cheyenne" and his sidekick "Fuzzy". Cheyenne's been tracking down a gang of robbers led by guy named Decker. They set up operations in a shack just outside of Temecula, and pose as gold prospectors. Eventually, Cheyenne nabs the whole bunch with the help of the Sheriff.

As far as how well the movie portrays Temecula, is not known to me. I imagine the whole movie was filmed elsewhere, maybe in Hollywood, or who knows where. The movie focused a good deal on a store named, "Hilton's General Store". I don't know if there was such a store in the real Temecula.

The movie showed lots of oak trees, chaparral, and mountains strewn with boulders, just like how Temecula probably would have looked.

The beginning of the movie portrayed a stage coach robbery, perhaps this would have been the Butterfield Stage. But it was not. It turned out to be the "Hagerstown-Medina Stagecoach". Characters in the movie also spoke of a nearby town named "Hagerstown". The best that I find is that there was no such nearby town by that name in those times.

But nonetheless, it was an enjoyable movie if you like old westerns.

Labels: Movies