Canadian Pacific (1949)
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Filmed on location in the Canadian Rockies, this historical adventure spins a fanciful account of the building of the Canadian Pacific railroad. Randolph Scott heads the cast as Tom Andrews, a rough-and-ready surveyor who meets and conquers all obstacles in the railroad's path. The biggest fly… More Filmed on location in the Canadian Rockies, this historical adventure spins a fanciful account of the building of the Canadian Pacific railroad. Randolph Scott heads the cast as Tom Andrews, a rough-and-ready surveyor who meets and conquers all obstacles in the railroad's path. The biggest fly in the ointment is trapper Dirk Rourke (Victor Jory), who perceives the Canadian Pacific as a threat to his livelihood. Rourke foments an Indian uprising which very nearly destroys the railroad. But Andrews and his hardy band persevere. Jane Wyatt plays the heroine among more intelligent and self-reliant lines than is usual in films of this nature. Highly suspect on a historical level, Canadian Pacific is nonetheless an exciting piece of filmmaking, evocatively photographed in Cinecolor by Fred Jackman Jr. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edwin L. Marin
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 19, 1949 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
This so-called outdoor action picture very quickly and wearily settles down to trickling along in the old bed of cowboy-and-Indian films.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Tells an inaccurate story of the building of the Canadian Pacific railroad.
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Cast
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Randolph Scott
as Tom Andrews
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Jane Wyatt
as Dr. Edith Cabot
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J. Carrol Naish
as Dynamite Dawson
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Victor Jory
as Dirk Rourke
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Nancy Olson
as Cecille Gautier
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Robert H. Barrat
as Cornelius Van Horne
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Walter Sande
as Mike Brannigan
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Grandon Rhodes
as Dr. Mason
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Mary Kent
as Mrs. Gautier
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John Parrish
as Mr. Gautier
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John Hamilton
as Pere Lacomb
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Dick Wessel
as Bailey
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Howard Negley
as Mallis
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Don Haggerty
as Cagle
