Westward the Women

1951 118 min ★ 7.0 Adventure, Drama, Western

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.

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Cast

Robert Taylor

Buck Wyatt

Denise Darcel

Fifi Danon

Hope Emerson

Patience Hawley

John McIntire

Roy E. Whitman

Julie Bishop

Laurie Smith

Lenore Lonergan

Maggie O'Malley

Henry Nakamura

Ito

Marilyn Erskine

Jean Jackson

Beverly Dennis

Rose Meyers

Renata Vanni

Mrs. Maroni

Details

Director

William A. Wellman

Screenplay

Charles Schnee

Tagline

"The BIG MGM Spectacle ! HE LED 200 WOMEN ON AN ADVENTURE THAT MOST MEN FEARED TO FACE!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

J

John Chard

August 2, 2018

★ 7/10

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...