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5.3/10 • 16

1947-12-272h 8m

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Breath-taking Adventure !

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter

Directors
Richard Wallace
Editors
Frank Doyle

Top Billed Cast

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  1. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Johnny Munroe

  2. Laraine Day

    Laraine Day

    Maura Alexander Munroe

  3. Cedric Hardwicke

    Cedric Hardwicke

    Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v

  4. Judith Anderson

    Judith Anderson

    Miss Ellen Braithwaite

  5. Anthony Quinn

    Anthony Quinn

    Ricky Vegas

  6. James Gleason

    James Gleason

    Pop Mathews

  7. Grant Withers

    Grant Withers

    Fog

  8. Paul Fix

    Paul Fix

    Joe

  9. Fernando Alvarado

    Fernando Alvarado

    Chico

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CinemaSerf

Dec 28, 2023

6/10

"Johnny" (John Wayne) and his long-suffering partner "Pop" (James Gleason) do contract mining work and are building a tunnel for railway owner "Alexander" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). This latter man is a bit of a pile driver and they are already arguing about safety and cost cutting at the tunnel when "Johnny" encounters his boss's daughter "Maura" (Laraine Day). Dad disapproves profoundly, but the two embark on a romance that leaves both estranged from her father - and that makes their digging even more dangerous. Can they reconcile their differences before disaster strikes? The last half hour picks up the pace quite well - loads of heavy rain and engineering peril, but the rest of this over-long melodrama spends far too long on the smoochy stuff and nowhere near enough on any adventure elements. Anthony Quinn turns up now and again, but is largely wasted as the rich man's nephew "Ricky" and Judith Anderson is likewise underused as the well meaning assistant "Miss Braithwaite" - a woman in whom "Alexander" is clearly interested but his rigid behaviour leaves little room for this to flourish. Like so many of Wayne's leading ladies, Day is a rather underwhelming actress who has a little more to get her teeth into here, in theory, but she seems content to wander around in a different frock each time pouting and pretending she can fry an egg. This is typical fayre for this star, and though it is watchable enough it's not a movie that I reckon I shall ever recall.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
mountainengineerrailroadethics