Unconquered

"I bought this woman for my own… and I'll kill the man who touches her!"

Oct 10 1947 Approved 2h 26m
Adventure, Drama, History

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.

Plot

In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys her, intending to free her, but villain Garth foils this plan, and Abby toils at Dave Bone's tavern. Garth is fomenting an Indian uprising to clear the wilderness of settlers, giving him a monopoly of the fur trade. Holden discovers Garth's treachery, but cannot prove anything against him. Can Holden and Abby save Fort Pitt from the Senecas? Many hairbreadth escapes.

Written by

Charles Bennett, Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr.

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Cast

Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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Unconquered (1947) Original Trailer [FHD]
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