Untamed (1940 film)

for others with the same name, see Untamed (disambiguation)

Untamed
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Screenplay by	Frederick Hazlitt Brennan Frank Butler
Based on	Sinclair Lewis novel Mantrap
Produced by	Paul Jones
Starring	Ray Milland Patricia Morison Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	Leo Tover
Edited by	Stuart Gilmore
Music by	William Axt (as Dr. William Axt)
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 24, 1940 (1940-07-24)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Untamed is a 1940 American Technicolor adventure film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ray Milland, Patricia Morison and Akim Tamiroff. It is based on the 1926 Sinclair Lewis novel Mantrap.

Plot

A doctor takes a hunting trip to the Canadian wilderness. When he gets badly mauled by a bear, his life is saved by his guide, Joe Easter (Tamiroff).

Easter takes the doctor to his cabin, where he is nursed to recovery by Easter's young beautiful wife Alverna. They fall in love. Easter leaves for an extended hunting trip, while the doctor and Alverna grapple with their feelings for each other, a blizzard, and an epidemic.

Cast

• Ray Milland as Dr. William Crawford
• Patricia Morison as Alverna Easter
• Akim Tamiroff as Joe Easter
• William Frawley as Les Woodbury
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
• Esther Dale as Mrs. Smith
• J.M. Kerrigan as Angus McGavity
• Eily Malyon as Mrs. Sarah McGavity
• Fay Helm as Miss Olcott
• Clem Bevans as 'Smokey' Moseby, the Blind Man
• Sibyl Harris as Mrs. Dillon
• Roscoe Ates as Bert Dillon
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Doctor Billar
• Gertrude Hoffman as Miss Rhine (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)
• Charles Waldron as Doctor Hughes
• Darryl Hickman as Mickey Moriarty
• Charlene Wyatt as Milly Dee
• Bahe Denetdeel as Skookum
• Donna Jean Lester as Judy

External links

• Untamed at IMDb