Actors: Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb,
Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert
Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard
Widmark
Rating: 9 out of 10, A welcome venture
into the past when movies at least tried to be epic without the use of CGI.
This film tries to capture the critical phase of American history when we
expanded to the west coast. A big favorite from my youth that has aged really well
and still stands on its own. Every scene seems to boast a Hollywood legend and
while there may be a little too much song and dance (whenever Debbie Reynolds
appears) the story still appeals. The history is traced through three generations
of a westward moving family and doesn’t hide the mis-steps along the way.
MVP: Jimmy Stewart as the Mountain Man
Linus Rawlings out to see the varmint
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