"Pittsburgh" represents a follow-up to the successful teaming of the three stars in "The Spoilers" released the same year.
In this one, Marlene Dietrich has little to do except look beautiful, and she does. The movie is essentially Wayne's playing the title character, Pittsburgh Markam with Randolph Scott as his partner Cash Evans. The film follows the boys rise to power in the coal industry in the 1920s. The Wayne Character then becomes overly ambitious and makes many enemies, including Scott and Dietrich, before finding redemption in the final reel.
As there was in the previous film, there is a knock down drag out fight between Scott and Wayne that is the highlight of the picture. All in all, "Pittsburgh" is an entertaining movie but it can't escape the obvious comparison to "The Spoilers".
In this one, Marlene Dietrich has little to do except look beautiful, and she does. The movie is essentially Wayne's playing the title character, Pittsburgh Markam with Randolph Scott as his partner Cash Evans. The film follows the boys rise to power in the coal industry in the 1920s. The Wayne Character then becomes overly ambitious and makes many enemies, including Scott and Dietrich, before finding redemption in the final reel.
As there was in the previous film, there is a knock down drag out fight between Scott and Wayne that is the highlight of the picture. All in all, "Pittsburgh" is an entertaining movie but it can't escape the obvious comparison to "The Spoilers".