Themes: Feuds, Prospectors and Land Rights, Taming the West
Main Cast: John Wayne, Laraine Day, Judith Anderson, James Gleason
Release Year: 1947
Country: US
Run Time: 129 minutes
Plot
This John Wayne adventure is set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful US mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. The two men lock horns over the route the railroad will take. The cost-conscious, people-insensitive industrialist wants to take the shortest route, right through the mountain. But building the tunnel will be extremely dangerous. Wayne wants to do it more safely and build a bridge. Eventually, the engineer is forced to acquiesce with his boss. Later the engineer meets and falls in love with a pretty young woman who turns out to be his hated boss's daughter and this only makes matters worse. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Carroll Clark - Art Director, Albert S. D'Agostino - Art Director, Dwight Franklin - Costume Designer, Michael Woulfe - Costume Designer, Richard Wallace - Director, Frank Doyle - Editor, Leigh Harline - Composer (Music Score), Constantin Bakaleinikoff - Musical Direction/Supervision, Gordon Bau - Makeup, W. Howard Greene - Cinematographer, Harry J. Wild - Cinematographer, Stephen Ames - Producer, Darrell Silvera - Set Designer, Harley Miller - Set Designer, Vernon Walker - Special Effects, John L. Cass - Sound/Sound Designer, Clem Portman - Sound/Sound Designer, Borden Chase - Screenwriter, Derek N. Twist - Screenwriter, John Twist - Screenwriter, Charles E. Scoggins - Book Author
