| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects Farciot Edouart (visual) Devereaux Jennings (visual) Gordon Jennings (visual) W. Wallace Kelley (visual) Paul K. Lerpae (visual) George Dutton (audible) |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
A bland love story disguised as an adventure story set in the pre-Revolutionary days of the US wilderness. The three leads are simply terrible: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard and Howard da Silva give the worst performances of their careers, both collectively and individually. If you can believe the way Cooper and Goddard survive their plunge over a waterfall, just try to watch Boris Karloff as an Indian chief. Only the final Indian attack on a fort manages any kind of thrills, but it's too little, too late.
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