Untamed

United States

1955

111 Min

Color

2.55:1

English

Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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PROD William A. Bacher, Bert E. Friedlob, Gerd Oswald

SCR William A. Bacher, Michael Blankfort, Frank Fenton, Talbot Jennings, Helga Moray

CAST Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill, Paul Thompson, Alexander D. Havemann, Louis Mercier, Emmett Smith, Jack Macy, Trude Wyler

PROD DES Addison Hehr, Lyle R. Wheeler

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, thousands of people are forced to emigrate, among them Katie O’Neill and her husband, Shawn Kildare, who decide to head for South Africa. Once there, Kildare dies in a Zulu attack and Katie is reunited with Paul Van Riebeck, a Boer leader with whom she had fallen in love in Ireland. After much hardship and changes in fortune, Katie is finally able to settle with Van Riebeck as the Orange Free State becomes a reality. —San Sebastian International Film Festival

Director

Henry King

After a start as a stage actor, Henry Kingbegan appearing in films in 1912, and by 1915 was directing. King made numerous dramas, westerns, and actioners over the teens, achieving special distinction with his 1919 comedy 23-1/2 Hours Leave. Two years later he co-wrote, produced, and directed the landmark rural drama Tol’able David; his other important works of the ‘20s include The White Sister (1923), Romola (1925), and The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926). A prolific and reliable craftsman, King made numerous handsome films into the early 1960s, most notably two outstanding films with Gregory Peck: a psychological drama of World War II, Twelve O’Clock High (1942), and the moody, intelligent western The Gunfighter (1950). King’s career is also notable for his feeling for Americana, as found in 1930s projects as different as State Fair (1933), Jesse James (1939), and In Old Chicago (1938), as well as in such later films as Remember the Day (1941) and Wait ’Til the Sun Shines, Nellie… read more