RKO Radio Pictures
Not part of a collection.
Tycoon
Breath-taking Adventure !
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
- Original title
- Tycoon
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Dec 28, 2023 · via TMDB
"Johnny" (John Wayne) and his long-suffering partner "Pop" (James Gleason) do contract mining work and are building a tunnel for railway owner "Alexander" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). This latter man is a bit of a pile driver and they are already arguing about safety and cost cutting at the tunnel when "Johnny" encounters his boss's daughter "Maura" (Laraine Day). Dad disapproves profoundly, but the two embark on a romance that leaves both estranged from her father - and that makes their digging even more dangerous. Can they reconcile their differences before disaster strikes? The last half hour picks up the pace quite well - loads of heavy rain and engineering peril, but the rest of this over-long melodrama spends far too long on the smoochy stuff and nowhere near enough on any adventure elements. Anthony Quinn turns up now and again, but is largely wasted as the rich man's nephew "Ricky" and Judith Anderson is likewise underused as the well meaning assistant "Miss Braithwaite" - a woman in whom "Alexander" is clearly interested but his rigid behaviour leaves little room for this to flourish. Like so many of Wayne's leading ladies, Day is a rather underwhelming actress who has a little more to get her teeth into here, in theory, but she seems content to wander around in a different frock each time pouting and pretending she can fry an egg. This is typical fayre for this star, and though it is watchable enough it's not a movie that I reckon I shall ever recall.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
John Wayne
Johnny Munroe
Laraine Day
Maura Alexander Munroe
Cedric Hardwicke
Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v
Judith Anderson
Miss Ellen Braithwaite
Anthony Quinn
Ricky Vegas
James Gleason
Pop Mathews
Grant Withers
Fog
Paul Fix
Joe
Fernando Alvarado
Chico
Harry Woods
Holden
Charles Trowbridge
Señor Tobar
Martín Garralaga
Chavez
Blanca Vischer
Young Woman (uncredited)
Max Wagner
—
Jan Sterling
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Richard Wallace
Director
Borden Chase
Screenplay
John Twist
Screenplay
Central Station
The General
Pather Panchali
The Hateful Eight
Dogville
Lone Wolf
Black Narcissus
The Devil's Advocate
Before the Rain
Closely Watched Trains
Seven Years in Tibet
First in Line
Times and Winds
The Emperor's Club
Gorillas in the Mist
The Great Train Robbery
A Canterbury Tale
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Winter Sleepers
Box of Moonlight
Kundun
Wally of the Vultures
Citizen Dog
George Washington
A Serious Man
Kuduz
Shoot to Kill
An Unusual Exhibition
The Ballad of the Ferocious...
Die Geierwally
120
Paycheck
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Die Geierwally
Die Geierwally
Mad of Madness
My Son
The King of the Hill
Pathfinder
The Good Ground
Kansas Pacific
Tears of the Sexten Dolomites
Einmal noch die Heimat seh’n
The Nth Ward
The All Is One
Pelverata
Trio
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
I Still Believe
The Magic of Ordinary Days
The Last Song
An Autumn Romance
WWE WrestleMania 34
Dear John
The Black Pirate
Broken Arrow
Borrowed Hearts
Ali and Nino
Love Finds You in Valentine
The History of Love
The Christmas Train
Home by Spring
Rip Girls
Christmas Cottage
Hellfighters
Not Easily Broken
The Yellow Handkerchief
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
My Brilliant Career
Disappearing Acts
Surviving the Game
Blind
First Knight
On Fire
A Christmas Kiss
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
Dec 27, 1947
