Westward the Women
Westward the Women is a 1951 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire.
Plot
In 1851, the working men of Whitman's Valley, California are discontented, as there are no women. Roy Whitman, their employer, tries to prevent his men from leaving by traveling to Chicago to recruit women willing to embark on the arduous journey to California in order to marry. Among the 140 women whom he enlists are middle-aged widow Patience, pregnant and unmarried Rose Meyers and former showgirls Fifi Danon and Laurie Smith. The women select their prospective husbands from an array of daguerreotypes. Roy hires wagon master Buck Wyatt to lead the convoy.
More details
| author | Charles Schnee Frank Capra |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | William A. Wellman |
| editor | James E. Newcom |
| genre | western |
| keywords | clothe conestoga wagon daguerreotype hogtie how to indian attack japanese man kill married rap rape showgirl teach train travel unmarried wagon master wagon train |
| musicBy | Jeff Alexander |
| producer | Dore Schary |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |