Unconquered (1947) - film review

Adventure / Western

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Unconquered is an American western first released in 1947, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is based on a novel by Neil H. Swanson and stars Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff and Cecil Kellaway. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Script: Charles Bennett, Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jeanie Macpherson, Neil H. Swanson (novel)
Photo: Ray Rennahan
Music: Victor Young
Cast: Gary Cooper (Capt. Christopher Holden), Paulette Goddard (Abigail ’Abby’ Martha Hale), Howard Da Silva (Martin Garth), Boris Karloff (Chief Guyasuta), Cecil Kellaway (Jeremy Love), Ward Bond (John Fraser), Virginia Campbell (Mrs. Fraser), Katherine DeMille (Hannah), Henry Wilcoxon (Capt. Steele), C. Aubrey Smith (Lord Chief Justice), Victor Varconi (Capt. Simeon Ecuyer), Virginia Grey (Diana), Mike Mazurki (Dave Bone), Porter Hall (Leach), Richard Gaines (Col. George Washington), Gavin Muir (Lt. Fergus McKenzie), Jane Nigh (Evelyn), Alan Napier (Sir William Johnson), Marc Lawrence (Sioto (medicine man)), Raymond Hatton (Fort Venango scout), John Mylong (Col. Henry Bouquet), George Kirby (Charles Mason), Leonard Carey (Jeremiah Dixon), Frank Wilcox (Richard Henry Lee), Davison Clark (Mr. Carroll of Virginia), Griff Barnett (Brother Andrews of Pennsylvania), Lloyd Bridges (Lt. Hutchins), Oliver Thorndike (Lt. Baillie), Ninetta Sunderland (Mrs. Pruitt), Rus Conklin (Mamaultee), Iron Eyes Cody (Red Corn), Julia Faye (Widowed bond slave), Paul E. Burns (Dan McCoy), Mary Field (Maggie), Diane Wadelow (Lancashire lass), Clarence Muse (Jason), Eddie Albert (Barker (scenes deleted)), Robert Barron (Surveyor (scenes deleted)), John Goldsworthy (Policeman (scenes deleted)), Charles Middleton (Mulligan (scenes deleted)), Henry Mowbray (Policeman (scenes deleted)), Robert Warwick (Pontiac (chief of the Ottawas) (scenes deleted)), Dorothy Adams (Bucket Brigade woman at well), Victor Adamson (Citizen), Mimi Aguglia (Squaw), Eric Alden (Zeke), Erville Alderson (Trapper loading pistol at ball), Richard Alexander (Slave), George Anderson (Villager), Sam Ash (Villager), William Bailey (Villager), Walter Baldwin (Villager), Trevor Bardette (Villager at ball with his mother), Lex Barker (Royal American officer), Valmere Barman (Girl at whipping post), Chief John Big Tree (Indian), Arthur Blake (Aristocrat), Matthew Boulton (Capt. Brooks), Al Bridge (Militiaman at fair), George Bunny (Villager), Dwight Butcher (Guard), James Carlisle (Villager), Lane Chandler (Member of court-martial board), Maxine Chevelier (Squaw), Russ Clark (Officer), Sanders Clark (Ben), Jack Clifford (Frontiersman), Fred Coby (Royal American soldier), J.W. Cody (Lesser Indian chief), Clancy Cooper (Sentry), Isabel Cooper (Squaw), Harry Cording (Sentry with sharpshooters), Jeff Corey (Trapper), Donna Courter (Woman), Willa Pearl Curtis (Mammy), Fred Datig Jr. (Man), Boyd Davis (Dr. Boyd), Donya Dean (Villager), Edgar Dearing (Soldier in Gilded Beaver), Cecil B. DeMille (Narrator), Leslie Denison (Bailiff), Jim Drum (Villager), Claire Du Brey (Squaw), Eddie Dunn (Frontiersman), Wallace Earl (Slave), Eugene Eberle (Drummer boy), Fernanda Eliscu (Squaw), Richard Elmore (Officer), Jane Everett (Villager), Betty Farrington (Villager), Al Ferguson (Star of London crewman), Budd Fine (Man in boat), James Flavin (Villager), Charles Flynn (Ens. Price), Francis Ford (Frontiersman on Fort Pitt roof), Byron Foulger (Townsman), Kenneth Gibson (Villager), Arthur Gould-Porter (Court clerk), Greta Granstedt (Woman), Beatrice Gray (Woman), Karolyn Grimes (Little girl), William Haade (Trapper at ball), Frank Hagney (Jake (Gilded Beaver bartender)), Bill Hale (Corporal), Chuck Hamilton (Villager), Alec Harford (Bandit bond slave), Charmienne Harker (Squaw), John Harmon (Spieler for Monster of Madagascar), June Harris (Frontierswoman), Len Hendry (Indian trapper), Rose Higgins (Squaw), Earle Hodgins (Spieler for Mermaid), Leyland Hodgson (Jailer), James Horne Jr. (Royal American officer), Bill Hunter (Sentry), Olaf Hytten (Officer on ’Star of London’), Boyd Irwin (Passenger), Jerry James (Villager), John James (Officer at the ball), Si Jenks (Farmer at the fair), Noble Johnson (Big Ottawa Native American), Tiny Jones (Bondswoman), Lorna Jordon (Villager), Colin Kenny (Jailer), Crauford Kent (Chaplain), Mike Killian (Virginia militia officer), Fred Kohler Jr. (Sergeant), Bob Kortman (Frontiersman), Mike Lally (Trapper at Fort Pitt), Hope Landin (Joshua’s mother), Larry Lawson (Trapper), Jack G. Lee (Maj. Trent), Anna Lehr (Woman), George Magrill (Ship’s agent), John Mallon (Trapper), Ted Mapes (Villager, Fort Pitt defender), Carl Mathews (Indian trapper), Francis McDonald (Frontiersman), William Meader (Bond slave), John Merton (Guard at ball), John Miljan (Prosecutor), Harlan Miller (Villager), Belle Mitchell (Squaw), Bert Moorhouse (Virginia militia officer), Frank Moran (Tom (ruffian bond slave)), Barbara Morrison (Passenger), Al Murphy (Villager), William Murphy (Villager), Ottola Nesmith (Woman), Jim Nolan (Villager), John Northpole (Frontiersman), Jack Overman (Sentry), Inez Palange (Squaw), Jasper Palmer (Villager), Jack Pennick (Joe Lavat), Edvard Persson (Indian), Lee Phelps (Member of court-martial board), Hugh Prosser (Soldier in Gilded Beaver), Constance Purdy (Fat mother at the ball), David Ralston (Royal American officer), Sally Rawlinson (Brunette), Allan Ray (Soldier), Rodd Redwing (Indian), Richard Reeves (Joshua), Gordon Richards (Sheriff), Buddy Roosevelt (Guard at the Ball), Louise Saraydar (Woman), Carl Saxe (Villager), Syd Saylor (Spieler for Dr. Diablo), Tonio Selwart (Slave buyer at fair), C. Montague Shaw (Judge’s aide), Jay Silverheels (Indian), Ray Spiker (Frontiersman), Charles Sullivan (Trapper), William Sundholm (Frontiersman), Gus Taute (Royal American officer), Forrest Taylor (Shopkeeper at the ball), Ray Teal (Soldier in the Gilded Beaver), Larry Thompson (Officer), Chief Thundercloud (Chief Killbuck), Gertrude Valerie (Woman), Nanette Vallon (Squaw), Charles Victor (Officer), Bess Wade (Villager), Ethel Wales (Villager), Bill Wallace (Villager), Geraldine Wall (Mrs. Bitt), Jack Weatherwax (Assistant medicine man), Joe Whitehead (Villager), Crane Whitley (Plantation master at the Fair), Lloyd Whitlock (Passenger), Guy Wilkerson (Frontiersman), Gilbert Wilson (Royal American officer), Jeff York (Wide-shouldered bond slave), Fred Zendar (Trapper)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 146 min

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