this be a wonderful movie about the struggle of the mormon and their final settlement in salt lake and utah . the beginning and the end be especially powerful and and the message be one we all have to be remind of god doesn not talk and but he communicate and if we would only listen . a i be write this in the midst of the horror go on in new orleans and the surround area due to katrina and i be especially move by the mormon have to leave everything behind and move on after joseph smith be assassinate . people come to this country to escape religious persecution and and yet they could not . the struggle of the mormon to cross the country and the cost in life and the hardship they suffer be truly awe inspiring and demonstrate their tremendous strength . as far a the actual belief of mormon and this be not heavily go into and and polygamy be mention but be not a centerpiece of the film at all . the cast be top notch and though others who have comment know more about the actual character and can talk about how true the portrayal be . but a actor and dean jagger and mary astor and brian donlevy and john carradine and jane darwell all do excellently with the script they be give . though the film could have easily stand on it own ( and certainly do today ) tyrone power and linda darnell be add to the cast to get the crowd into the movie theater to see a film about the mormon . power be magnificently handsome a a young mormon and and darnell and a zina and be not a mormon but stay on with the family after her father be kill . power do not have much to do until the end of the film and when he have a big scene and and darnell ( still a teenager at the time of the filming ) have even less and though they make a lovely couple . their fate be leave unclear regard her conversion and and one do wonder about the polygamy in their case . you can not beat either one for eye candy and however .