American Empire – Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
American Empire (1942)
Director: William C. McGann
Writers: J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater, Ben Grauman Kohn
Stars: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster
Genre: Western, Drama, History
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 1942 (United States)
Also Known As: My Son Alone
Filming Locations: Kernville, California, USA
Story:
Three Civil War vets head to Texas and build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his property from the vengeful traitors.
Review:
An Entertaining Western
Good action and an interesting story make this Western good entertainment despite a few minor flaws. The characters aren’t very deep, but they’re interesting, and the pace moves along very nicely as it builds up the tension and leads up to a good and often exciting climactic sequence. Richard Dix helps a lot with a pretty good performance as the key character.
The story sets up a situation with a lot of possibilities. On the one hand is the hard-headed Bryce, head of the big cattle empire. Then there are the rest of the ranchers, whom Bryce has alienated and angered by his aggressive policies. Finally there is the wild card, the crafty rustler Beauchard, out only for himself. In the middle of all the conflicts is Dix’s character Dan Taylor, trying to hold things together. As the story develops from there, Dix generally underplays to good effect (making a nice contrast with, for example, his better known but rather overblown performance in "Cimarron"), and lets the situation speak for itself when it should. Only some shallow characterizations and some ineffective comic relief hold it back a little at times. Otherwise, it gets pretty good mileage out of its potential, and has most of the things you could ask for in a Western. Written by
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Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) American Empire
Brazil A Muralha de Fogo
Brazil O Império Americano(Alternative Title)
Denmark Vestens Pionerer
Estonia Ameerika impeerium
France Far West
Germany Der König von Texas
Germany Western Outlaws – DVD Collection(DVD box title)
Italy Terra di conquista
Mexico Mi hijo ante todo
Norway Vestens pionerer
Portugal A Muralha de Fogo
South Africa My Son Alone(English, Alternative Title)
Sweden Den brinnande dalen
United Kingdom My Son Alone
United States American Empire
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