Ten Who Dared

Ten Who Dared is a 1960 film directed by William Beaudine and starring Brian Keith, Ben Johnson, John Beal and James Drury. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. It tells the story of United States Army officer John Wesley Powell, who was the first to travel down the Colorado River, and the dangers that he and nine other men had to face while making a map of the region during their 1869 expedition. Hired by Walt Disney Studios in 1959 as a technical adviser, Otis R. Marston led a film crew through the Grand Canyon to film river running and background scenes for the film.[1]

Ten Who Dared
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Produced byWalt Disney
James Algar
Written byLawrence Edward Watkin
Based onjournal
by John Wesley Powell
StarringBrian Keith
Ben Johnson
John Beal
James Drury
Music byOliver Wallace
CinematographyGordon Avil
Edited byNorman Palmer
Cotton Warburton
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • November 1, 1960 (1960-11-01)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Cast

Production

Parts of the film were shot at the Big Bend of the Colorado River, Professor Valley, Arches, Dead Horse Point, Dewey, Castle Valley, and Westwater Canyon in Utah.[2]

One of the replica boats used on the film, the Emma Dean, was recovered by local raconteur, Stan A. Jones, in 1969 from the Golden Oak Ranch, a Disney movie lot in Placerita Canyon, Newhall, Santa Clarita, California.[3] The boat is on display at the Powell Museum in Page, Arizona.[4]

Reception

According to Allmovie, critics consistently rate this as one of the worst movies made by Disney.[5] Halliwell's Film Guide calls it "tedious and unconvincing".[6] Leonard Maltin's annual publication "TV Movies" gives the film a BOMB rating, describing it as "rock-bottom Disney."

Comic book adaption

References
  1. "Otis R. Marston Collection, Huntington Library". Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  2. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
  3. Stan Jones (1998). "Emma Dean's Last Voyage". Stan Jones' Ramblings By Boat and Boot in Lake Powell Country. Page, Arizona: Sun Country Publications. pp. 75–77.
  4. "Powell Museum boat vandalized". Lake Powell Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  5. "Ten Who Dared". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  6. Gritten, David, ed. (2007). "Ten Who Dared". Halliwell's Film Guide 2008. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 1178. ISBN 0-00-726080-6.
  7. "Dell Four Color #1178". Grand Comics Database.
  8. Dell Four Color #1178 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)


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