Tycoon

Dec 27, 1947

2h 8m

★ 5.3

Breath-taking Adventure !

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

Genres

Action

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Tycoon Trailers

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Cast

Johnny Munroe

John Wayne

Maura Alexander Munroe

Laraine Day

Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v

Cedric Hardwicke

Miss Ellen Braithwaite

Judith Anderson

Ricky Vegas

Anthony Quinn

Pop Mathews

James Gleason

Fog

Grant Withers

Joe

Paul Fix

Chico

Fernando Alvarado

Holden

Harry Woods

Curly

Michael Harvey

Señor Tobar

Charles Trowbridge

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