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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I've long thought this is one of John Wayne's most suspenseful and overall entertaining films. The story is so well acted and believable that you're actually there. It's easy to see why he is so legendary - he had an on-screen/off-screen presence and ability like few others.Claire Trevor is also very dynamic here. She's funny, witty, has impeccable timing and is perfectly cast. She brings incredible energy and top-tier talent.How often can you say you enjoyed every minute of a movie? Far and away, this is a perfect example. Its all around terrific, underrated, and the epitome of a memorable, enjoyable film. I only wish it were longer and available in HD! Warner Brothers - can you deliver for a loyal fan?Enjoy!

Well this is a new one on me, I didn't think John Wayne fought any battles prior to the Civil War. Played almost along the lines of a typical B Western, the film's story line and production values are a slight notch above, with Claire Trevor joining Wayne in another film released the same year as "Stagecoach" in which they both appeared. Trevor's character here is not much more than a caricature, as she's constantly grumbling over her status as a woman who's not allowed to take part in the rough and tumble world the men around her find themselves in. Thinking about it now, she was the only woman in the entire picture; how realistic was that? It struck me while watching that this was one film that probably would have benefited from the color treatment, what with all those Redcoats around causing dismay for the Allegheny settlers. Wayne's character Jim Smith and company rebel against the British for allowing trade to continue with marauding Indians, but except for one brief skirmish, the Indians aren't much of a factor in the story. It's those thieving, conniving traders in league with the Brits.If nothing else, the film forced me to search my brain to recall bits and pieces I learned in parochial school about the French and Indian War and the new 'American' spirit of freedom and independence. With the story taking place a decade and a half prior to the Revolutionary War, it's a somewhat different kind of Western taking place East of the Mississippi with the good guys trading their white hats for coonskin caps.

I have not seen the colorized version but it does not matter for the characters themselves are very colorful;particularly George Sanders as the "aristocratic" straight-faced phoney military man who treats the +Yankees as if they were ripe for exploitation;particularly Claire +Trevor who teamed up with Wayne in "stagecoach" and later would in ,notably ,"the high and the mighty" ,as the tomboy who wants to fight with the men who were still very macho in those troubled times. The story is routine ,and although it takes place in North America ,has a Robin Hood side ,but the actors make it a winner . The first scene when the men are asked to take off their hat is almost comedy.

This 1939 movie, a period piece set in the early 1760's, comes from the days when John Wayne took second billing to Claire Trevor, as he had that same year in "Stagecoach", the film that made Wayne a star. It is a somewhat forgotten film, but it doesn't deserve to be, since it tells a really good story in a really entertaining fashion. And it has a great cast.Wayne plays Jim Smith, leader of a band of settlers of southern Pennsylvania's Conococheague Valley in the years immediately following the French and Indian War. Smith & Company's efforts to deal with a crooked Indian trader (veteran Hollywood villain Brian Donlevy) are hampered by an officious, pig-headed, and not-too-bright British Army officer (veteran Hollywood stuffed shirt George Sanders). Smith also has to deal with the local tomboy (Miss Trevor) who has a deep yearning for adventure and excitement, as well as the affections of Jim Smith.Wilfrid Lawson also appears as MacDougall, the rowdy Scotsman who loves fighting almost as much as drinking. John F. Hamilton is the eloquent but enigmatic sidekick, known as the Professor. Moroni Olsen, possessor of one of filmdom's coolest names, is the stalwart Tom Calhoon. Veteran second-string Hollywood villain Ian Wolfe is the evil trader's Evil sidekick. Also appearing in small roles are Chill Wills (another cool name) and Charles Middleton, heretofore best known as the stone-faced Fredonian prosecutor in "Duck Soup".Interesting historical detail: in a courtroom scene, a witness is asked to "swear or affirm" that what he's about to say is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. This should serve to remind the viewer that Pennsylvania was a Quaker Commonwealth. (Quakers don't believe in swearing, you see...)