Unconquered: Amazon.ca: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Cecil Kellaway, Ward Bond, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, C. Aubrey Smith, Victor Varconi, Virginia Grey, Ray Rennahan, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Bennett, Fredric M. Frank, Jeanie Macpherson, Jesse Lasky Jr., Neil H. Swanson: DVD

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4.0 out of 5 stars PAULETTE AND GARY, Nov 19 2001

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This review is from: Unconquered (VHS Tape)

Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard), a pretty English convict girl, is ordered deported as a potential slave to the American Colonies. Captain Holden (Gary Cooper) saves her from being auctioned off into slavery, and when she's captured by Indians and subjected to a slow and tortuous death, Holden appears in a flash of gunpowder smoke convincing the Indians that he's a god, so they relinquish Abby to him................THE UNCONQUERED was DeMille's 5 million dollar Technicolored celebration of Cooper's virility and Goddard's femininity and the American Frontier Spirit. Spectacularly stirring and full of fine action scenes, DeMille again screen-vitalised a chapter out of American history. One may say that he supplied both a boistrous and sensational delineation of the frontiersman's era with the full complement of DeMille devices, even to the famed bath sequence, a dip into the serial thrillers when the hero and heroine shoot the rapids to the the edge of a waterfall, and the staging of the battle of Fort Pitt that far outdoes any conflict that was ever dreamt up for a World's Fair carnival!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hokey De Mille epic!, July 6 2001

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This review is from: Unconquered (VHS Tape)

"Unconquered" is a silly movie which provides more evidence that ole Cecil B. couldn't direct traffic let alone a major epic. That being said it is still a fun movie if one can overlook the absurd plot twists and Paulette Goddard's lack of talent.

One note on the history being portrayed in the movie: I've noticed that several reviewers believe this movie is set during the French and Indian War (1754-1763.) It's not. "Unconquered" is set in the period immediately following the F&I War when New France had already become British Canada. During this period the Indians of the Great Lakes region, under the leadership of an Ottawa chief called Pontiac, rose against the British conquerors because of restrictive British trade policies and in the forlorn hope of encouraging a French return to North America which would restore a trade balance. Pontiac's so called "rebellion" is the setting of "Unconquered" not the French and Indian War.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my Favorite De Mille Movies is still Unconquered, Jun 8 2001

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This review is from: Unconquered (VHS Tape)

This was a mammoth production from director Cecil B. De Mille set in colonial America. The colonists confront Indians with a lot of gimmickry and daring-do. It is all based on the novel "The Judas Tree" by Neil H. Swanson and scripted by Charles Bennett, Fredric M. Frank and Jesse Lasky Jr. Gary Cooper as Capt. Christopher Holden once again gives a solid performance as the stoic yet homespun hero. Boris Karloff is over-the-top as the Indian Guyasuta. The amiable Paulette Goddard is good as Abigail Martha "Abby" Hale. Great action fight scenes punctuate this film. The moody woodland color images are the product of Technicolor pioneer Cinematographer Ray Rennahan. Composer Victor Young composed a rousing yet lyrical score. This film is pure entertainment and good old-fashioned moviemaking. It also starred Howard da Silva, Ward Bond, Cecil Kellaway, Henry Wilcoxon, Alan Napier, Marc Lawrence, Lloyd Bridges, Lex Barker, and Jeff Corey. The first-rate special effects were nominated for an Oscar.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Colonial Warfare In America"
An excellent film!This takes place at Fort Pitt(when Pittsburgh was a frontier town)in 1763 during Pontiac's War(a by-product of The French & Indian War). Read more

Published on Oct 24 2003 by Highlander

1.0 out of 5 stars I Had to Cry Uncle....
and shut this movie off, even though I probably was THIS close to the end, because I just couldn't stand it anymore! Totally bad. Read more

Published on Aug 31 2001 by Linda McDonnell