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6.0/10   405 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Borden Chase (screenplay)
C.E. Scoggins (novel)
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Release Date:
27 December 1947 (USA) more
Tagline:
Breath-taking Adventure ! more
Plot:
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated... more | add synopsis
User Reviews:
not nearly up to the standard you'd expect from John Wayne more (9 total)

Cast

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John Wayne ... Johnny Munroe
Laraine Day ... Maura Alexander Munroe
Cedric Hardwicke ... Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Judith Anderson ... Miss Ellen Braithwaite
James Gleason ... Pop Mathews

Anthony Quinn ... Ricky Vegas
Grant Withers ... Fog Harris
Paul Fix ... Joe
Fernando Alvarado ... Chico
Harry Woods ... Holden
Michael Harvey ... Curly Messenger
Charles Trowbridge ... Señor Tobar
Martin Garralaga ... Chávez
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Additional Details

Runtime:
128 min | West Germany:95 min (cut version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12780, Adult Audience) | UK:U

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Produced for $3.209 million, this was RKO's biggest flop of 1947, losing $1.035 million. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the work crew is putting the last bridge span in place, their shadows are clearly visible on the lower part of the sky in the background. more
Quotes:
Johnny Munroe: I've got a railroad to build. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004) (V) more

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4 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
not nearly up to the standard you'd expect from John Wayne, 28 January 2006
5/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This movie provided little satisfaction when I watched it. No, it wasn't BAD, really, but it was certainly several notches below the quality you'd expect from one of his films. For example, while this is a color movie, every print I have seen looks very grainy and cheap--so it's very interesting that another reviewer comment on how good it looked. Maybe I just didn't get to see the right print. Also, the dialog is, at times, really crappy and riddled with clichés--like it was meant for just another B-movie and not a star whose career was definitely on the upswing as Wayne's was. And finally, the plot just didn't engage me--perhaps because there just wasn't that much action or suspense. Without the Japanese or Commies or Indians to fight, it just falls a little flat.

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