Alice Faye

Richard Greene

Fred MacMurray

Brenda Joyce

Andy Devine

Henry Stephenson

Fritz Feld

Ward Bond

Clarence Wilson

Robert Middlemass

Roger Imhof

Theodore von Eltz

Arthur Aylesworth

Virginia Brissac

Stanley Andrews

Ben Carter

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Harry Tyler

Victor Kilian

Paul Sutton

Tyler Brooke

Herbert Ashley

Jody Gilbert

Herbert Heywood

G. Pat Collins

Eddie Hall

Jessie Arnold

Marion Briscoe

Chick Collins

Harry Cording

Dorothy Dearing

Herbert Evans

Eddie Hart

Pat Hartigan

Keith Hitchcock

James H. McNamara

Iva Stewart

Harry Strang

Henry King

Harry Tugend

John L. Balderston

Darryl F. Zanuck

Alfred Newman

Leon Shamroy

Barbara McLean

Rida Johnson Young

Richard Day

Rudolph Sternad

Thomas Little

Royer

Romance

Comedy

Drama

History

Little Old New York

20th Century Fox

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Richard Greene is engineering pioneer "Robert Fulton", a man with a vision for building a steamboat that can work the interior river network of the USA quickly, and efficiently, distributing goods from the seaports to the towns and cities. Unfortunately, his first effort in Paris led to a an explosive conclusion, so getting backing for this new venture is proving difficult, especially when his fellow sailors think this might be a threat to their own existence and his latest prototype gets torched. The story is entertaining, Fred MacMurray and Alice Faye work well with Ward Bond, Henry Stephenson and an on-form Andy Devine to create an enjoyably flowing narrative of toing and froing as friends become foes become friends again, President Jefferson applies trade embargoes - oh, and yes - of course there is a little romance bubbling away too. It's got just about enough action both on and off the water, the dialogue is a bit on the wordy side, but quite witty at times and the last fifteen minutes are really quite funny. Worth a watch.

English