Even though her character is supposed to be French according to the synopsis, Susan Hayward distinctly sounds like Marlene Dietrich. And at times she even breaks away from that accent to sound like an American actress attempting to do a campy Russian accent a la Nita Talbot on "Hogan's Heroes" and Robin Strasser on "Murphy Brown". Bravo for her trying to do something different after playing Barbara Graham in "I Want to Live", but even as a fan of hers, I thought she was out of her depth in this.
I always love finding films about a piece of history that I was unaware of, and the struggle of the Basque immigrants to get across the plains while dealing with family issues and attacking natives does sound like it could be an exciting subject. Filmed in tech in the color This is a gorgeous looking film obviously shot outside, and it is certainly filled with an abundance of colors.
Jacques Bergerac as Hayward's husband and Jeff Chandler as the leader of the wagon train provides her with some handsome leading man. Blanche Yurka, One of my all time favorite character actresses is very commanding as the matriarch of the family, suspicious with good reason of her. I got annoyed with the frequent squealing going on of the character yelling it seemed every time that danger might be lurking. Hayward certainly is always watchable, but as the book on her films described this as a disappointing follow up to her oscar winning role, I couldn't help but agree.
I always love finding films about a piece of history that I was unaware of, and the struggle of the Basque immigrants to get across the plains while dealing with family issues and attacking natives does sound like it could be an exciting subject. Filmed in tech in the color This is a gorgeous looking film obviously shot outside, and it is certainly filled with an abundance of colors.
Jacques Bergerac as Hayward's husband and Jeff Chandler as the leader of the wagon train provides her with some handsome leading man. Blanche Yurka, One of my all time favorite character actresses is very commanding as the matriarch of the family, suspicious with good reason of her. I got annoyed with the frequent squealing going on of the character yelling it seemed every time that danger might be lurking. Hayward certainly is always watchable, but as the book on her films described this as a disappointing follow up to her oscar winning role, I couldn't help but agree.