The Desperate Mission is a 1969 American made-for-television western film directed by Earl Bellamy. The production was a joint project of 20th Century Fox Television, Montalban Enterprises Production, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Plot summary The story is a fictionalization of the life of Joaquin Murrieta. Cast Ricardo Montalban as Joaquin Murrieta Slim Pickens as Three-Finger Jack Roosevelt Grier as Morgan Jim McMullan as Arkansaw Earl Holliman as Shad Clay Ina Balin as Otilia Ruiz Robert J. Wilke as Gant Miriam Colon as Claudina, Otilia's Servant Anthony Caruso as Don Miguel Ruiz Eddra Gale as Dolores the Bartender Armando Silvestre as Diego Campos, Don Miguel's Man José Chávez as First Monk Ben Archibek as Frankie Gant Pancho Córdova as Father Augustine (as Francisco de Córdova) Charles Horvath as Yuma Allen Pinson as Corncracker Eldon Burke as Galvez Barbara Turner as The Farmer's Wife References External links 1969 television films 1969 films Films directed by Earl Bellamy NBC network original films 1960s English-language films