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16/12/1951 Adventure, Drama, Western 1h 58m
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The BIG MGM Spectacle ! HE LED 200 WOMEN ON AN ADVENTURE THAT MOST MEN FEARED TO FACE!

Overview

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

  1. William A. Wellman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Taylor

    Buck Wyatt

  2. Denise Darcel

    Fifi Danon

  3. Hope Emerson

    Patience Hawley

  4. John McIntire

    Roy E. Whitman

  5. Julie Bishop

    Laurie Smith

  6. Lenore Lonergan

    Maggie O'Malley

  7. Henry Nakamura

    Ito

  8. Marilyn Erskine

    Jean Jackson

  9. Beverly Dennis

    Rose Meyers

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2018-08-02
Caravan of graft, guile and stoicism.

Westward the Women is directed by William Wellman and adapted to screen by Charles Schnee from a story written by Frank Capra. It stars Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire, Hope Emerson, Julie Bishop and Henry Nakamura. Music is by Jeff Alexander and cinematography by William Mellor.

A most important Western, one that demands to be seen by lovers of the genre. Plot finds Taylor tasked with escorting over 100 women from Chicago to California, their goal is to find marital harmony at Whitman Valley. They must overcome extreme conditions, from t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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