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5.1/10 • 31

1949-05-191h 35m

WesternAdventureHistoryRomance

The blazing saga of untamed men and a savage wilderness!

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

Directors
Edwin L. Marin
Editors
Philip Martin

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  1. Randolph Scott

    Randolph Scott

    Tom Andrews

  2. Jane Wyatt

    Jane Wyatt

    Dr. Edith Cabot

  3. J. Carrol Naish

    J. Carrol Naish

    Dynamite Dawson

  4. Victor Jory

    Victor Jory

    Dirk Rourke

  5. Nancy Olson

    Nancy Olson

    Cecille Gautier

  6. Robert Barrat

    Robert Barrat

    William Van Horne

  7. John Parrish

    John Parrish

    Mr. Gautier

  8. Mary Kent

    Mary Kent

    Mrs. Gautier

  9. Walter Sande

    Walter Sande

    Mike Brannigan

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CinemaSerf

Feb 2, 2024

6/10

I was never a great fan of Randolph Scott - he never really imposed himself onto the screen, and here he doesn't really either. It doesn't help that the plot is a fairly well trammelled one. He ("Andrews") is the railroad surveyor who falls foul of the local fur traders who fear that the steel monster will decimate local trade. His antagonists are no slouches. "Rourke" (Victory Jory) and "Dynamite Dawson" (J. Carrol Naish) being determined to thwart his engineering plans and so resort to enlisting the help of the local Indians who want no truck with these interlopers at all, much less their destructive construction project that will further destroy their ancestral home. In order to convince the locals that the train would be a good thing for their community, he promises to settle with his gal "Cecille" (the rather wooden Nancy Olson) but that doesn't really cut much ice with an opposition that now has him firmly in it's sights and that sees him soon under the care of local doctor "Edith" (a competent Jane Wyatt) with whom, well you can guess the rest. Indeed, that's really the problem with all of this - it's just too predicable. There is some action now and again and a bit of rousing speechifying too, but for the most part this is an adequately photographed pioneering tale that we've seen a few times before - only with a more charismatic lead. It's watchable, but the title doesn't really help it much and it's all fairly forgettable afternoon cinema fayre.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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