Unconquered (1947) on Netflix
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London, 1763. Convicted of a crime, Abigail Hale escapes hanging by accepting fourteen years of servitude in Virginia. Captain Christopher Holden and trader Martin Garth bid for her at auction.
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England, 1763. Abigail Hale is convicted of a crime after a Royal Navy officer dies as she tries to free her sick brother from the press gang. A judge sentences her to hang, then offers her the king's mercy: transportation to the colonies and fourteen years of indenture, to be sold at auction. She accepts. On the ship to Norfolk, she angers the trader Martin Garth. He insists the auction be held at once. Captain Christopher Holden outbids Garth for her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Unconquered (1947)
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- Paulette Goddard refused to stand in the climactic Fort Pitt battle scene while fireballs were being hurled, infuriating director Cecil B. DeMille, who shouted, "Get her out of here! Get her out before I kill her!" DeMille did not speak to Goddard again for years.
- For the waterfall escape with Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard, the rapids and the falls were filmed on two different rivers, one with only rapids and one with only falls, then matted together in post-production to look like a single body of water; artists also matte-painted the overhanging tree branch into each frame.
- For the climactic attack on Fort Pitt, Cecil B. DeMille staged a battle that cost $300,000 and involved nearly 800 extras plus "three hundred pounds of dynamite, fifty pounds of flash powder, fifty flintlocks, and three hundred fireballs".
- Cecil B. DeMille originally wanted the Scottish actress Deborah Kerr to play Alice Hale in Unconquered, but could not meet her salary demand.
