| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Lyle R. Wheeler Leland Fuller Paul S. Fox |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Charles Le Maire Renié | |||
Directed by Henry Levin
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)
Turgid romance disguised as a biography of Andrew Jackson. The doomed couple is played by Charlton Heston and Susan Hayward. They have little if any on screen chemistry. Hayward, in particular, overacts as if in a silent melodrama. Heston isn't much better, clearly uncomfortable in his role as a Tennessee lawyer and Indian hunter who somehow becomes president. The film ends with his election, concentrating instead on the events leading up to it, or at least Hollywood's version of them.
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