Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Josie Winters | |
| Randolph Scott | ... | Cash Evans | |
| John Wayne | ... | Pittsburgh Markham | |
| Frank Craven | ... | 'Doc' Powers | |
| Louise Allbritton | ... | Shannon Prentiss | |
| Shemp Howard | ... | Shorty | |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Joe Malneck | |
| Ludwig Stössel | ... | Dr. Grazlich | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Morgan Prentiss | |
| Paul Fix | ... | Mine Operator | |
| William Haade | ... | Johnny | |
| Charles Coleman | ... | Butler | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Barney | |
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Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes, he finds that fate has dealt him a second chance. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 December 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Odio y pasión See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1929 (uncredited)
Music by Carroll Gibbons
Used as leitmotif throughout the film
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 12, 1943 with Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne and Randolph Scott reprising their film roles. See more »Goofs
In the scene when Cash promises the workers they would get what was promised to them, the boom mic is reflected in the left upper corner of the window behind Cash. See more »Soundtracks
A Garden in the Rain1929 (uncredited)
Music by Carroll Gibbons
Used as leitmotif throughout the film
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My DVD is part of the Marlene Dietrich collection and this film is set against the backdrop of the coal and coking industry, the typical American story about starting with nothing and ending a tycoon.
But, of course, for business partners John Wayne - who bulldozes his way through and over anybody and everything and Randolph Scott, who is socially conscience the way to the top is interspersed with the, as always, beguiling Marlene Dietrich.
The production values are good, directed by Lewis Sellar and there's some smart dialogue - 'he's so crooked, he could hide behind a corkscrew' and to Dietrich 'a Christmas tree is dead until it's all lit up' but the story fairly rattles along that each piece and chapter are dealt as briefly and bluntly as Wayne's character (he's called Pittsburgh, or 'Pitt', as well as the story set in the city of the same name) and it's frankly hard to keep up.
This bamboozles any prospective romances to blossom and there's an awful lot of technical talk about unflattering by-products from coal - slag, sulphur, clinker - making this a movie that's not for those looking for a lot of Dietrich or romance. She is good, when she is seen, but Pittsburgh is more a sparring duet between Randolph Scott and John Wayne.
So 6/10; not a bad film but not a particularly good one, either.