Unconquered

1947

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Western

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 3229 3.2K

london, england british empire frontiersman 18th century native american tribe british colonialism

Plot summary

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

Director

Cecil B. DeMille Photo
Cecil B. DeMille

Top cast

Walter Baldwin Photo
Walter Baldwin as Villager
Chief John Big Tree Photo
Chief John Big Tree as Indian
Raymond Hatton Photo
Raymond Hatton as Venango Scout
Anna Lehr Photo
Anna Lehr as Woman
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1.17 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 26 min
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2.29 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Philipp_Flersheim 6 / 10

Quite satisfying

I am no fan of Cecil B. DeMille, but I actually quite liked 'Unconquered'. Other DeMilles (especially those set in antiquity) are mealstroms of poor writing and worse pacing, with often genuinely talented actors being forced to utter painfully bombastic lines of dialogue. In 'Unconquered', the pacing is rather uneven, too, but there is a bit of real suspense and the dialogues are not as bad. The plot is of course totally over the top, with lots of implausible turns and twists (beginning with the character played by Paulette Goddard travelling to exactly the same place in the American interior as the one played by Gary Cooper). Cooper is a convincing hero, Goddard is far less convincing as - well, what is she? Not quite a damsel in permanent distress, but no heroine either. Anyway, Howard Da Silva is a suitably nasty villain and Boris Karloff a relatively dignified chief of the Seneca. All in all, this makes for a quite satisfying mix.
Reviewed by HotToastyRag 2 / 10

Very poorly acted

In this grand Cecil B. DeMille epic, Paulette Goddard is auctioned off as an indentured servant after being brought to the colonies from London. On the slave ship, she strikes up a friendship with the comic swindler Cecil Kellaway, and she catches the attention of Howard Da Silva, who wants to buy her. Gary Cooper doesn't like Howard, and for no other reason, he outbids him in Paulette's sale. He's not interested in her, and the fact that he has an enemy doesn't guarantee he'll treat her any better-so why is Paulette so excited to become his property?Normally, I'd spend the entire length of the review criticizing Gary Cooper's performance, but Paulette was so terrible, she distracted me. From start to finish, she gave the worst interpretation of the written lines, overacted her facial expressions, and didn't understand her character. She never once appeared to have suffered a months-long sea voyage on a slave ship, nor months of hard work as an indentured servant. You can only imagine what she would have had to endure, but she seemed like she was on her way to the beauty parlor and hoped to pick up a new boyfriend on the way. Why was she always so immodest, yet feigning virtue whenever Howard Da Silva showed her any interest? Howard was consistently kinder to her than Gary, and he repeatedly expressed his interest in her. Gary showed her time and again that he prioritized others over her, and when he was bidding to buy her on the slave market, he only did it to spite Howard's bid. "And sixpence" after each increase didn't mean he intended to treat Paulette with kindness and affection. Even she noticed he hadn't looked at her once during the auction.If you're watching this movie for the supporting cast, you'll see Boris Karloff as the Indian chief, who's also Howard's father-in-law. Howard's wife is played by Katherine DeMille, C.B.'s daughter. She has a meaty role, and she's far better at it than Paulette is in hers. My favorite, of course, is Ward Bond, Gary's faithful pal. He adds much needed energy and enthusiasm in every scene he's in.
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