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05/05/1946 Western 1h 27m
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The All-Time Best-Selling Love Story of the West... Now On the Screen In Spectacular Technicolor!

Overview

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.

  1. Stuart Gilmore

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    The Virginian

  2. Brian Donlevy

    Trampas

  3. Sonny Tufts

    Steve Andrews

  4. Barbara Britton

    Molly Wood

  5. William Frawley

    Honey Wiggen

  6. Fay Bainter

    Mrs. Taylor

  7. Henry O'Neill

    Mr. Taylor

  8. Tom Tully

    Nebraska

  9. Bill Edwards

    Sam Bennett

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-05-20
To give her her due, "Molly" (Barbara Britton) is full of vim and vigour as she arrives at a remote outpost town to take up a post teaching it's kids. The law has yet to arrive in this place, so they have their own hands-on approach to those who break their fairly simple rules. That's the start of her problems as she meets "Steve" (Sonny Tufts) and the enigmatically monikered "Virginian" (Joel McCrea). The former is mixed up with some castle rustlers and their leader "Trampas" (Brian Donlevy) whilst the latter has been charged with clearing these criminals out of town. He and "Steve" are frien...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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