Pierre of the Plains Plot Summary and Details

Plot

First filmed in 1914, Edgar Selwyn's venerable North Country yarn Pierre of the Plains was thawed out once more in 1942. John Carroll plays the title role, a French-Canadian guide with an accent one could cut with a double-edged knife. Always in trouble with the law, Pierre manages to swagger through life with a smile on his lips and a song (the interminable "Saskatchewan") in his heart. Our hero proves that he's a splendid fellow by clearing Val Denton (Phil Brown), brother of heroine Daisy Denton (Ruth Hussey), of a murder charge. Bruce Cabot and Sheldon Leonard are the scowling villains, while Henry Travers (Clarence in It's a Wonderful Life) steals the show as a canny cardsharp.

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Genre(s):

Action,Westerns

Run Time:

66min.

Distributor(s):

MGM

Director(s):

George B. Seitz

Starring:

John Carroll , Ruth Hussey , Bruce Cabot , Phil Brown , Reginald Owen

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