Tycoon (1947 film)
Tycoon is a 1947 American Technicolor romance film directed by Richard Wallace and starring John Wayne. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by C.E. Scoggins.
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Produced by | Stephen Ames |
| Written by | Borden Chase John Twist |
| Based on | Tycoon 1934 novel by C.E. Scoggins |
| Starring | John Wayne Anthony Quinn Laraine Day |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | W. Howard Greene Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Frank Doyle |
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| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.2 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US rentals)[2] |
Premise
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.[3] 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.[3]
Reception
Though successful, the film did not earn back its huge production costs of RKO's most expensive production up to that time.[4] It ended up losing $1,035,000.[5]
See also
References
- Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p225
- "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
- p.287 Roberts, Randy & Olson, James Stuart John Wayne, American 1997 University of Kentucky Press
- p.131 Reid, John Howard Popular Pictures of the 1940s 2004 Lulu.com
- Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p46
External links
- Tycoon on IMDb
- Tycoon at the TCM Movie Database
- Tycoon at AllMovie
- Tycoon at the American Film Institute Catalog