Ten Who Dared (1960)

Directed by William Beaudine
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Walt Disney)

Innocuous Disney adventure tale about early explorers of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon in New Mexico. A group of ten men are assembled to take row boats down the river, led by a "scientist" played by John Beal. All of the characters are stereotypes: an Englishman who drinks, a Yankee and a Rebel who can't forget the Civil War is over, a wild mountain man, a friendly young Irishman and his dog, etc. Brian Keith as the mountain man gives a very entertaining performance, particularly a bit with a rattlesnake. Mostly they fight amongst each other over petty differences, while Beal writes in his journal and collects fossils.