because of the fact that the usa after the mexican war and the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo and the gadsden purchase which net for the usa the southern half of arizona and the original spanish land grant and whoever have title to them and land office clerk james addison reavis hatch one bold and audacious scheme that have it be successful would have have him own more than half of arizona . what youre see on the screen in the baron of arizona be a small encapsulation of an over 20 year effort by reavis a play by vincent price to pull this thing off and to stay ahead of law enforcement who after a while smell a very large rat . reed hadley who narrate the film also play the part of the rat catcher . only a small part of the plan call for price to marry the peralta heir whom he create and be play by ellen drew . that in fact occur very late in the game . it be only during the ninety that price character marry the drew character and go to prison and then only for a few year . my guess be that reavis cop a plea back in the day just to get it over with . still the baron of arizona be a fine second film by director samuel fuller top with an impressive performance by vincent price before he settle into the horror film genre . but the real story and believe it or not and be more fascinating than this film be .