Man of Conquest (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 14, 2015
- Originally Released: 1939
- Label: Olive Films
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Richard Dix & Gail Patrick | |
Performer: | Edward Ellis, Joan Fontaine, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong, C. Henry Gordon, Janet Beecher, Pedro de Cordoba, Max Terhune, Kathleen Lockhart & Leon Ames | |
Directed by | George Nichols Jr. | |
Edited by | Edward Mann | |
Screenplay by | Wells Root, Edward E. Paramore Jr. & Jan Fortune | |
Composition by | Victor Young | |
Cinematography by | Joseph H. August | |
Art Direction by | John Victor MacKay | |
Story by | Wells Root & Harold Shumate | |
Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
Entertainment Reviews:
It is the kind of big idealistic middlebrow epic that America does very well.
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The Spectator
Rating: C+ --
Competent but uninspiring biopic of Sam Houston.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Product Description:
MAN OF CONQUEST was the first "super production" from Republic Pictures, a studio not known for its lavish budgets. This time, however, no expense was spared in recreating the career of Texas empire-builder Sam Houston. Richard Dix portrayed Houston, heading a gigantic cast of character players impersonating such historical figures as Jim Bowie, Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett and General Santa Ana (who is depicted as a Hitler-like oppressor!). The film's two major highlights are the Battle of San Jacinto and the siege of the Alamo, both featuring the remarkable stuntwork of Yakima Canutt. Though often juggling facts to make a better story, MAN OF CONQUEST is an impressive achievement for so small a studio as Republic. Stock footage from the production would show up for years in the studio's more economical westerns and serials.