Tycoon (1947 film)
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Produced by | Stephen Ames |
| Written by |
Borden Chase, John Twist C.E. Scoggins (novel) |
| Starring |
John Wayne Laraine Day |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography |
W. Howard Greene Harry J. Wild |
| Editing by | Frank Doyle |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,209,000[1] |
Tycoon is a 1947 American Technicolor romance film starring John Wayne based on the 1934 novel by C.E. Scoggins.
Plot
Johnny Munroe (John Wayne) travels to South America to build a mountain railroad tunnel for Frederick Alexander (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a wealthy industrialist. Complications arise when Alexander insists upon a shorter, more dangerous passage and when his daughter Maura (Laraine Day) develops a romantic interest with Johnny.
Cast
- John Wayne as Johnny Munroe
- Laraine Day as Maura Alexander Munroe
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Frederick Alexander
- Judith Anderson as Miss Braithwaite
- James Gleason as Pop Mathews
- Anthony Quinn as Ricky Vegas
- Grant Withers as Fog Harris
- Paul Fix as Joe
- Fernando Alvarado as Chico
- Harry Woods as Holden
- Michael Harvey as Curly Messenger
- Charles Trowbridge as Señor Tobar
- Martin Garralaga as Chávez
Production
Maureen O'Hara was originally cast as Wayne's leading lady, but RKO put her in Sinbad the Sailor instead.[2] Set in the Andes, the film was originally intended to be filmed at RKO's Estudios Churubusco in Mexico but at the last minute production was shifted to Lone Pine, California.[2]
Reception
Though successful, the film did not earn back its huge production costs of RKO's most expensive production up to that time.[3] It ended up losing $1,035,000.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Tycoon at the Internet Movie Database
- Tycoon (1947 film) at the TCM Movie Database
- Tycoon (1947 film) at allmovie
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