Main Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Victor McLaglen, John McCallum, Janet Barrow
Release Year: 1954
Country: UK
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
Trouble in the Glen was one of several felicitous collaborations between Hollywood's Republic Pictures and England's Herbert Wilcox-Anna Neagle productions. Curiously, Ms. Neagle does not appear--just as well, since the film is dominated by Orson Welles. Introducing himself with a typically self-indulgent monologue, the porcine Mr. Welles plays a South American resident who returns to his ancestral home in Scotland to become "Laird of the Glen". He immediately alienates the local populace by closing down the highway that runs through his estate. Hoping to make peace between Welles and the locals is former US air force officer Forrest Tucker, who developed an affection for the community while being stationed there during WWII. Violence threatens to erupt when evicted tinker Victor McLaglen rounds up a gang of toughs to lay siege on Welles' castle. The scenes involving Tucker's polio-crippled daughter (Margaret McCourt) run the risk of sloppy sentiment, but are deftly handled by producer-director Wilcox. Margaret Lockwood costars as Welles' daughter, who adheres to Hollywood formula by falling in love with the handsome Tucker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Albert Chevalier - Bishop; George Cormack - Villager; Archie Duncan - Nolly Dukes; Ann Gudrun - Dandy Dinmont; Grizelda Hervey - Sheilah; Alastair Hunter - Policeman; William Kelley - Nurrich; Moultrie Kelsall - Luke Carnoch; Stevenson Lang - McLaren; Margaret McCourt - Alguin; Alex McCrindle - Keegan; Eddie Byrne - Dinny Sullivan; Duncan McIntyre; Mary Mackenzie - Kate Kurnoch; Jock McKay; Michael Shepley; Forrest Tucker - Maj. Lance Lansing; Jack Watling - Sammy Weller; Peter Sinclair - Gillie; Jack Stewart
