Saga of Sonora
★ 9 · 1973 · 48m · Western · Music · Comedy · TV Movie
A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John and Zero Mostel, and prove his love to his girl, Lesley Ann Warren.
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