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Tycoon is a 1947 American Technicolor romantic drama film directed by Richard Wallace and starring John Wayne, Laraine Day and Cedric Hardwicke. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Charles Elbert Scoggins.
Tycoon: Directed by Richard Wallace. With John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson. In South America, an American engineer is asked by his boss to build a mountain railroad tunnel following a shorter but more dangerous route.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Richard Wallace
- 1947-12-27
In Tycoon (1947), John Wayne plays an engineer hired by Cedric Hardwicke to build a railroad in the Andes. The two clash over the railroad's route, however, with Wayne favoring a bridge and Hardwicke demanding a tunnel through a mountain, which would be shorter but much more dangerous to construct.
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American engineer Johnny Munroe (John Wayne) is hired by South American tycoon Frederick Alexander (Cedric Hardwicke) to bore a tunnel for a new railroad in the Andes Mountains.
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- Richard Wallace
- Drama
- John Wayne
Overview. Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter. Richard Wallace. C.E. Scoggins. John Twist. Borden Chase.
Tycoon is the 1947 romance film directed by Richard Wallace. Starring John Wayne, Laraine Day and Anthony Quinn the plot sees American engineer Johnny hired by an South American tycoon only to fall in love with his daughter.
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