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Unconquered

1947 · 147 min

A sprawling, old-fashioned spectacle that sweeps you through frontier peril and romance with lavish sets and a heavy sense of menace.

Tagline
I bought this woman for my own… and I'll kill the man who touches her!
Overview
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • colonialism
  • love
  • betrayal
  • violence
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure, history
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Written by
Fredric M. Frank, Charles Bennett, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Starring
Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Cecil Kellaway, Ward Bond, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
Ray Rennahan
Runtime
147 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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