Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn's famed "baked potato", was unfortunately cast in a period piece of the 1700s in Northwest Passage. It just didn't work, and not just because he looked ridiculous in his queued wig. His shouting, angry expressions, and grumpy, contemporary persona was completely out of place.
Spence is a recruiter and commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, and Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Nat Pendleton, and Robert Barrat are some of the more featured soldiers in his group. They march and search and starve and fight and get irritable, and then they do it all over again. Every once in a while, they get so discouraged they refuse to go on, forcing Spence to give an inspiring, rousing speech, and forcing me to fast forward a few minutes until he stopped talking.
I just couldn't get through this 1700s epic with a running time of more than two hours. Thank goodness for the fast-forward button on the remote. You're welcome to try it, but viewer beware.
Spence is a recruiter and commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, and Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Nat Pendleton, and Robert Barrat are some of the more featured soldiers in his group. They march and search and starve and fight and get irritable, and then they do it all over again. Every once in a while, they get so discouraged they refuse to go on, forcing Spence to give an inspiring, rousing speech, and forcing me to fast forward a few minutes until he stopped talking.
I just couldn't get through this 1700s epic with a running time of more than two hours. Thank goodness for the fast-forward button on the remote. You're welcome to try it, but viewer beware.