Allegheny Uprising

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Steve D 03/15/2024 Wayne is laughable the rest is fine. See more 09/03/2017 John Wayne plays a wavy haired, coonskin-cap wearing frontiersman. That's about all you need to know about this entertaining though thoroughly routine colonial tale of Wayne taking on corrupt British captain George Sanders. Claire Trevor plays the love interest, who falls for Wayne despite his mullet. See more 05/16/2015 1939 was a certainly a good year for Westerns. John Ford's Stagecoach took the Western genre from pulpy, B-picture status to mainstream entertainment. Allegheny Uprising used the Western formula except it set the time in the 1750s and the location to western Pennsylvania (neither the traditional Wild West). It could be argued that Allegheny Uprising is an historical adventure/romance rather than a true Western, but that's splitting hairs. Unfortunately, unlike Stagecoach, Allegheny Uprising failed to make a profit at the box office and Warner Bros. Studio opted for more traditional Westerns. Although not super memorable, the John Wayne/Claire Trevor pairing gave the film some desperately needed chemistry between the stoic hero and the feisty heroine. While the Trevor and Wayne combo produced the desired chemistry, it never drew the sparks of a John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara matchup. Wayne still seems to be finding his footing as a leading man in this role and it definitely shows; what is perceived to be stoicism comes off as reticence. Nevertheless, it is definitely a film to check out if you're interested in alternative Westerns and early John Wayne. See more 04/21/2014 another pic set during the colonial era in USA See more s r @ScottR 10/28/2012 A good story that despite some weaknesses in its telling still shines through. See more 08/11/2012 Period piece set in Pennsylvania just before the Revolution War. John Wayne is a colonist who is up against the corrupt British rule and the local traders who are selling guns to the native americans while the British stand idly by. Wayne gets to locals to rise up, stop the illegal selling and expose the corrupt British. I like the court room scene where we see some early forensics at work in the gun powder stain on the shirt. The action is good, the cast is very good, and services as an early example of Wayne's star power. See more Read all reviews

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