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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
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Romance and Dynamite 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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Language:
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.
Romance and Dynamite, 2 April 2006
7/10
Author: C.K. Dexter Haven from BC

A few negative comments here must be countered. This film is a little more drama than action, but it strikes a good balance between the two, pleasing surely both wives and their blue collar husbands who saw it back in 1947. Far from terrible, this story offers up some decent conflict, a couple funny moments (get outta the way, pigeons!), romance, suspense, two fisted action, explosions, and the exotic setting of the Peruvian Andes.

Not one of John Wayne's very best films, but solid and entertaining fare, a cut above many of his more regarded 40's outings such as The Spoilers and Angel and the Badman. Good performances and a bit of everything for everybody. Duke doesn't disappoint here. Deserves a higher rating.

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