Storyline

“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.

Key Information

Director Frank Capra
Writers Bill Heald, Vic Westfall
Language EN

Cast & Crew

Mary M. Melsheimer

Aunt Eadie Hubbard

Floyd Ahrend

GI Sam Edman

Diane Kettering

Mrs. Edman

Don Porter

Don Porter

Narrator

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Self, Introduction

Frequently Asked Questions

The Fallbrook Story was released on January 1, 1952.

The runtime of The Fallbrook Story is 31m.

The Fallbrook Story is a Documentary, History movie.

The Fallbrook Story is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

The Fallbrook Story was directed by Frank Capra.

The main cast of The Fallbrook Story includes Mary M. Melsheimer, Floyd Ahrend, Diane Kettering.

The Fallbrook Story is originally in English.