Fernando Wagner

The Wild Bunch -- Receiving two Academy Award nominations, this bitter, brutal story of magnificent losers in a dying West remains one of the screen's all-time classics.

Based on the novel by Isabelle Gibson Ziegler, Seven Cities of Gold tells the story of Father Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Jesuit priest who founded the first missions in California. In the hands of Hollywood a tale of conflict is introduced as the natives clash with the Spanish military. One of the Spanish officers betrays a young native woman, and it is agreed that in order to keep peace, the officer will volunteer to submit himself to a tribal ritual of retribution. The film features Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn and Rita Moreno, and was directed by Robert D. Webb.

Receiving two Academy Award nominations, this bitter, brutal story of magnificent losers in a dying West remains one of the screen's all-time classics.

Spanish soldiers escort Father Junipero Serra's missionary expedition to mid-1700s San Diego.