Pierre of the Plains

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John Carroll and Ruth Hussey in Pierre of the Plains (1942)

In 1940's Moose Hill, Saskatchewan, outdoorsman Pierre is attracted to saloon-owner Daisy. Hearing of her impending marriage to 'Jap' Durkin, a law officer and rival, Pierre arranges things ... Read allIn 1940's Moose Hill, Saskatchewan, outdoorsman Pierre is attracted to saloon-owner Daisy. Hearing of her impending marriage to 'Jap' Durkin, a law officer and rival, Pierre arranges things so the wedding won't occur. Later, Daisy's brother Val, who is also on Durkin's bad side, ... Read allIn 1940's Moose Hill, Saskatchewan, outdoorsman Pierre is attracted to saloon-owner Daisy. Hearing of her impending marriage to 'Jap' Durkin, a law officer and rival, Pierre arranges things so the wedding won't occur. Later, Daisy's brother Val, who is also on Durkin's bad side, accidentally kills a crony of Durkin's. Durkin arrests Val and is determined to see him pu... Read all

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John Carroll

Pierre

Ruth Hussey

Daisy Denton

Bruce Cabot

'Jap' Durkin

Phil Brown

Val Denton

Reginald Owen

Noah Glenkins

Henry Travers

Percival Wellsby

Evelyn Ankers

Celia Wellsby

Patrick McVey

Sergeant Dugan

Frederick Worlock

Inspector Cannody
(as Frederic Worlock)

Charles Stevens

Crying Loon

Sheldon Leonard

Clerou

Lois Ranson

Clara

Henry O'Neill

Undetermined Role
(scenes deleted)

William Post Jr.

Undetermined Role
(scenes deleted)

William Bailey

Man in Saloon
(uncredited)

John Breen

Townsman
(uncredited)

John Burton

Prosecutor
(uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This film flopped at the box office, resulting in a loss for MGM of $111,000 ($1.73M in 2017) according to studio records.

Goofs
When Inspector Durkin is chasing Pierre at the river, he comes upon Pierre lying on his back with a bent-over sapling laying on his chest. A moment later, as Durkin approaches Pierre to shoot him, the sapling is instead bent under Pierre's legs and Pierre rolls off of it to launch it up into Durkin's face and knock him down.

Connections
Remake of Heart of the Wilds (1918)

Soundtracks
Saskatchewan
Music by Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Sung by John Carroll

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5/10

Not much in the way of plot...but modestly entertaining.

"Pierre of the Plains" is a B-movie. A B is a picture that was intended as the second and lesser film for a double-feature. And, since it was a lesser movie, they ran from about 55-65 minutes--far shorter than the A-movie. While many low-budget studios specialized in Bs (such as Monogram and Republic), even the big-name studios like Warner, Twentieth Century-Fox and MGM made Bs...and this one is from MGM, so it looks a bit better than normal.

Pierre (John Carroll) is a French-Canadianwho always seems to be getting in to one scrape after another. During the course of this film, he gets in fights, ruins a wedding (as he wants the girl for himself), assists a guy with a jail break and gambles. While there is kind of a plot...it's mostly Pierre swaggering about and being a bit of a jerk-face. In fact, this makes the movie a bit tough to take...as he's not particularly likable. Not an awful B- movie...but one with a strange story and a weird anti-hero.