Pittsburgh (1942)

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The three stars of Universal's The Spoilers -- Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne and Randolph Scott -- were reunited for the pageantlike adventure yarn Pittsburgh. As indicated by the title, this is a saga of the steel industry, with longtime buddies Pittsburgh Markham (Wayne) and Cash Evans (Scott)… More The three stars of Universal's The Spoilers -- Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne and Randolph Scott -- were reunited for the pageantlike adventure yarn Pittsburgh. As indicated by the title, this is a saga of the steel industry, with longtime buddies Pittsburgh Markham (Wayne) and Cash Evans (Scott) rising from the ranks of miners to run their own foundry. Ruthlessly devoted to his work, Pittsburgh eventually has a falling out with Cash and also jeopardizes his romantic relationship with beautiful Josie Winters (Dietrich). Thanks to his duplicitous business practices, Pittsburgh loses both Josie and his steel mill; but when America enters WW II, he redeems himself by signing on as a common workman with Cash's still-thriving organization. Well acted and directed, Pittsburgh nonetheless lacks the extra spark which transforms a good film into a great one. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Lewis Seiler
Written By: Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 11, 1942 Wide
On DVD: Oct 20, 1993

Critic Reviews

Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The weakest of the 3 films Wayne made with Dietrich, a WWII morality tale about greed and redemption--the film was released exactly one year after Pearl Harbor, which features as a plot point in the triangular saga in which Randolph Scott is third wheel

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jay n

Two fisted entertainment. Marlene is uber glamorous and totally out of place but of course she makes it work. Wayne and Scott are well matched. If it wasn't for the overripe voice over this would be a better film.

Cast

            John Wayne as Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham

            Marlene Dietrich as Josie "Hunky" Winters

            Randolph Scott as Cash Evans

            Frank Craven as Doc Powers

            Louise Allbritton as Shannon Prentiss

            Shemp Howard as Shorty the tailor

            Thomas Gomez as Joe Malneck

            Ludwig Stossel as Dr. Grazlich

            Samuel S. Hinds as Morgan Prentiss

            Paul Fix as Mine Operator

            William Haade as Johnny miner

            Charles Coleman as Butler

            Nestor Paiva as Barney restaurateur

            Charles Arnt as Laborer

            Wade Boteler as Mine Superintendent

            Hobart Cavanaugh as Derelict

            Harry Cording as Miner

            John Dilson as Wilson

            Bess Flowers as Woman

            William Gould as Burns production manager

            Alphonse Martell as Carlos

            Mira McKinney as Tilda

            Virginia Sale as Mrs. Bercovici

            Harry Seymour as Vaudeville MC

            Charles Sherlock as Chauffeur

            Sammy Stein as Killer Kane

            Ray Walker as Reporter

            Douglas Fowley as Mort Brawley
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