Taïkoun (1947)
En Amérique du Sud, quelque part dans les Andes, l'ingénieur Johnny Munroe travaille pour l'industriel Frederick Alexander, un homme dur et inflexible, sur le chantier d'une nouvelle voie ferrée, aidé par ses compères Pop, Fog, Joe et Curly. Lorsque Johnny fait la connaissance de Maura, la fille d'Alexander, il en tombe amoureux. Peu après, les deux jeunes gens se marient, sans le consentement du père, lequel fait tout pour retarder les travaux et ainsi discréditer son gendre, avec la complicité forcée de son neveu, Ricky Vegas. De plus, la percée délicate d'un tunnel occasionne des accidents...
Directeur:
Richard Wallace
écrivains:
Borden Chase, John Twist.
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John Wayne as Johnny Munroe |
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Laraine Day as Maura Alexander Munroe |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v |
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Judith Anderson as Miss Ellen Braithwaite |
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Anthony Quinn as Ricky Vegas |
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James Gleason as Pop Mathews |
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Grant Withers as Fog |
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Paul Fix as Joe |
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Fernando Alvarado as Chico |
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Harry Woods as Holden |
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Michael Harvey as Curly |
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Charles Trowbridge as Señor Tobar |
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Martín Garralaga as Chavez |
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Blanca Vischer as Young Woman (uncredited) |
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Max Wagner as |
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Brick Sullivan as Foreman with Holden at Fiesta (uncredited) |
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Jan Sterling as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) |
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Julian Rivero as Priest (uncredited) |
| Writing | Borden Chase | Screenplay |
| Writing | C.E. Scoggins | Novel |
| Directing | Richard Wallace | Director |
| Writing | John Twist | Screenplay |
| Camera | Harry J. Wild | Director of Photography |
| Production | Stephen Ames | Producer |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Camera | W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Sound | John L. Cass | Sound |
| Editing | Frank Doyle | Editor |
| Art | Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Production | Sam Ruman | Production Manager |
| Directing | Grayson Rogers | Assistant Director |