The Big Trail
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Time Out says
Walsh's epic Western has gone down in cinema history as the film that made bit-part actor Marion Morrison into leading man John Wayne (though it needed Ford's Stagecoach to revive his career a decade later). Originally made simultaneously in normal 35mm and a short-lived 70mm process called 'Grandeur', it has recently been restored to its spectacular wide-screen glory. The saga of a wagon trail, the film is more striking now for its wide shots - vast landscapes, wagons being hauled up impossibly steep cliffs - than for the knockabout humour of the character scenes.Author: DT
Release details
UK release:
1930
Duration:
157 mins
Cast and crew
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Cast:
Tyrone Power Sr, Ward Bond, Tully Marshall, El Brendel, Marguerite Churchill, John Wayne, David Rollins
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