American Empire (film)

Not to be confused with Death of Abigail Taylor.

American Empire is a 1942 American Western film directed by William C. McGann.^[1][2] The film was released in the United Kingdom as My Son Alone.

American Empire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William C. McGann
Written by	J. Robert Bren (story) Gladys Atwater (story) J. Robert Bren (writer) and Gladys Atwater (writer) and Ben Grauman Kohn (writer)
Produced by	Harry Sherman Dick Dickson
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Russell Harlan
Edited by	Carroll Lewis
Music by	Gerard Carbonara
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	11 December 1942 (1942-12-11)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

L-R: Russell Harlan (cinematographer, standing), unknown, William C. McGann (director), Richard Dix, Frances Gifford & Preston Foster on the set of American Empire (1942)

Plot

Three Civil War vets head to Texas and build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his property from the vengeful traitors.^[3]

Cast

• Richard Dix as Dan Taylor
• Leo Carrillo as Dominique Beauchard
• Preston Foster as Paxton Bryce
• Frances Gifford as Abigail 'Abby' Taylor, Dan's Sister
• Robert Barrat as Crowder, Small Rancher
• Jack La Rue as Pierre, Beauchard Henchman
• Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sailaway
• Cliff Edwards as Runty
• Merrill Rodin as Paxton Bryce Jr.
• Chris-Pin Martin as Augustin, Beauchard Henchman
• Richard Webb as Crane (small rancher)
• William Farnum as Louisiana Judge
• Etta McDaniel as Willa May, Bryce's Maid
• Hal Taliaferro as Malone

Soundtrack

• Cliff Edwards – "Little Pal" (Written by Lew Pollack)

References

1. "American Empire". www.tcm.com. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
2. "American Empire (1942) - STUDIOCANAL". www.studiocanal.com/. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
3. American Empire (1942), retrieved June 27, 2021

External links

• American Empire at IMDb
• American Empire is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive