Tim 'Hard Rock" Harrigan, a construction-crew driller working on the site of the Boulder Dam, is in a constant feud with his crew-boss "Black Jack" Riley, because of Harrigan's dislike of Riley's hard-as-nails management of the men, and also because he and Riley are both courting the lady who bakes the pies at the camp commissary, "Andy" Anderson..
Should you watch this? If you like movies where men yell at each other in the dirt while wearing very clean hats, you’re in for a treat. It’s definitely for folks who enjoy old-school, straightforward studio filler from a time when the stakes were just a girl and a job site. If you need something with a modern pace or ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
David Howard
F. Martin Thornton
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"Should you watch this? If you like movies where men yell at each other in the dirt while wearing very clean hats, you’re in for a treat. It’s definitely for folks who enjoy old-school, straightforward studio filler from a time when the stakes were just a girl and a job site. If you need something with a modern pace or a complex script, look elsewhere. This is pure, unvarnished 1930s labor-camp drama. The whole thing centers on the construction of the Boulder Dam, or Hoover Dam if you’re being p..."
Lee Phelps
Raymond L. Schrock, Charles Furthman, Daniel Jarrett
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