Tycoon (1947)

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This John Wayne adventure is set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful US mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. The two men lock horns over the route the railroad will take. The cost-conscious, people-insensitive industrialist wants to… More This John Wayne adventure is set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful US mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. The two men lock horns over the route the railroad will take. The cost-conscious, people-insensitive industrialist wants to take the shortest route, right through the mountain. But building the tunnel will be extremely dangerous. Wayne wants to do it more safely and build a bridge. Eventually, the engineer is forced to acquiesce with his boss. Later the engineer meets and falls in love with a pretty young woman who turns out to be his hated boss's daughter and this only makes matters worse. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 9 min.
Directed By: Richard Wallace
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 27, 1947 Wide
On DVD: May 22, 2007

Critic Reviews

Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This romantic adventure with John Wayne (as engineer for a change), made a year before he became a major star, suffers from Wallace's routine helming and Borden Chase's uneven script.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Never terrible, but never that good.

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Dean M

Nice action-romantic with John Wayne who plays a different character than usual. For the first part of the film he plays his standard All-American man, but during the second half he turns to a heel. Laraine Day looks fabulous. The plot had a lot going for it, the photography was nice,… More
Nice action-romantic with John Wayne who plays a different character than usual. For the first part of the film he plays his standard All-American man, but during the second half he turns to a heel. Laraine Day looks fabulous. The plot had a lot going for it, the photography was nice, the direction OK.

Cast

            John Wayne as Johnny Munroe

            Laraine Day as Maura Alexander

            Judith Anderson as Miss Braithwaite

            James Gleason as Pop Mathews

            Anthony Quinn as Enrique "Ricky" Vargas

            Grant Withers as Fog Harris

            Paul Fix as Joe

            Fernando Alvarado as Chico

            Harry Woods as Holden

            Michael Martin Harvey as Curly Massinger

            Charles Trowbridge as Senor Tobar

            Martin Garralaga as Chavez

            Fred Aldrich
            
            Trevor Bardette
            
            Argentina Brunetti
            
            Joe Dominguez
            
            Nacho Galindo
            
            Sam Lufkin
            
            Al Murphy
            
            Eduardo Noriega
            
            Lucio Villegas
            
            Blanca Vischer
            
            Max Wagner
            
            Cedric Hardwicke as Frederick Alexander

            Frank Leyva
            
            Diane Stewart
            
            James Brick Sullivan
            
            Jane Adrian
            
            John Eberts
            
            Wayne McCoy
            
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Tycoon (1947)

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