Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
Acting
Robinson's volcanic jealousy vs. Raft's smoldering resentment.
Direction
Walsh stages the dam setting like a concrete Colosseum.
Costume
Dietrich's nightclub outfits defying Depression-era poverty.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Edward G. Robinson
Hank McHenry
Marlene Dietrich
Fay Duval
George Raft
Johnny Marshall
Alan Hale
Jumbo Wells
Frank McHugh
Omaha
Eve Arden
Dolly
Barton MacLane
Smiley Quinn
Ward Bond
Eddie Adams
Walter Catlett
Sidney Whipple
Joyce Compton
Scarlett
Lucia Carroll
Flo
Egon Brecher
Pop Duval
Cliff Clark
Cully
Joseph Crehan
Sweeney
Ben Welden
Al Hurst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robinson and Raft genuinely hated each other; Walsh had to keep them separated on set. The tension reads.
Shot on location at Hoover Dam, this captures 1941 American labor mythology before wartime propaganda rewrote masculinity.
US
