The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936

1h 42m

Adventure

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City engineer Jack Hale (Fred MacMurray) travels to Lonesome Pine, Ky., to set up a railroad, where he lands in the middle of a long-running feud between the Tolliver and Falin families. After rescuing an injured Dave Tolliver (Henry Fonda), Jack meets Dave's cousin, June (Sylvia Sidney), who becomes infatuated with his cultured manner. Dave, who intends to marry June, grows jealous when she sets out to educate herself for Jack, but is grudgingly grateful when Jack helps battle the Falins.

Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

Aside from the colors of nature, and a couple of swell fistfights, it's nothing special.

Apr 17, 2020

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Still, even if the humans in the picture didn't behave very sensibly, the technicians and photographers were at their best and have given us at last an outdoors film which doesn't look either like a series of postcards or like nature on a color jag.

Oct 2, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An historical film. It's the first outdoor film to be shot in the three color Technical process.

Rated: C+

Jan 28, 2018

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

[Not] worth fighting for above and beyond its unquestionable historic importance.

Rated: 6/10

May 20, 2014

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Unbelievably beautiful movie!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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brilliant shots of outdoor mountain scenery, careful selcted matching greens and browns to fit Sylvia Sydney's gardrobe pallette. Too much of a melodrama at times yet Henry Fonda's performance saves the day.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie was a great Sunday matinee.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Not nearly as much color as one would expect from a Technicolor film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

The old chestnut about feuding mountain families with gorgeous Technicolor photography.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

THis is one of two movies which is my Dad's favorites.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Henry Hathaway

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Sylvia Sidney

June Tolliver

Henry Fonda

Dave Tolliver

Fred MacMurray

Jack Hale

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Synopsis

City engineer Jack Hale (Fred MacMurray) travels to Lonesome Pine, Ky., to set up a railroad, where he lands in the middle of a long-running feud between the Tolliver and Falin families. After rescuing an injured Dave Tolliver (Henry Fonda), Jack meets Dave's cousin, June (Sylvia Sidney), who becomes infatuated with his cultured manner. Dave, who intends to marry June, grows jealous when she sets out to educate herself for Jack, but is grudgingly grateful when Jack helps battle the Falins.

Director: Henry Hathaway
Production Co: Paramount
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 42m