Westward the Women

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Westward the Women ★★★ 1951

Buck Wyatt (Taylor) is a scout hired to wagon-train 150 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. When his lustful hired hands turn out to be all hands, Buck and the ladies must fight off attacking Indians on their own. Notable film allowing women to be as tough as men is not your typical western. Based on the Frank Capra story. 116m/C VHS . Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Beverly Dennis, Lenore Lonergan, Marilyn Erskine, Julie Bishop, Renata Vanni, Frankie Darro, George Chandler; D: William A. Wellman; W: Charles Schnee; C: William Mellor; M: Jeff Alexander.

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