Westward the Women( 1951)

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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.

Top Billed 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
Frankie Darro
Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
(uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Gambler (uncredited)
Stevie Myers
Pioneer Woman
Carl Pitti
Outrider (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Ted Adams
Bartender (uncredited)
Raymond Bond
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Preacher (uncredited)
Archie Butler
Outrider (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Outrider (uncredited)
John Cason
Margaret's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
George Chandler
Mackeral Face (uncredited)
Doris Cole
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad
Rose's Man (uncredited)
Pat Conway
Sid Cutler (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Outrider (uncredited)
Bruce Cowling
The Cat (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
Opal Ernie
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Evelyn Finley
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Patrick Ford
Outrider (uncredited)
Clem Fuller
Outrider (uncredited)
Marilyn Gladstone
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Rejected Woman (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Bart (uncredited)
Karen Hale
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Donna Hall
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson
Cora (uncredited)
Don House
Outrider (uncredited)
Lucille House
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Tennessee Jim
Second Man (uncredited)
Chubby Johnson
Jim Stacey (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui
Outrider (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Ken (uncredited)
Marilyn Lindsey
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Guido Martufi
Tony Moroni (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Outrider (uncredited)
Edith Mills
Sadie (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
First Man (uncredited)
Mary Murphy
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Elmer Napier
Walt (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Kathleen O'Malley
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Fiona O'Shiel
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Ann Roberts
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Bartender (uncredited)
Clint Sharp
Outrider (uncredited)
David Sharpe
Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
Ray Thomas
Outrider (uncredited)
Joan Valerie
Flashy Woman (uncredited)
John War Eagle
Indian Chief (uncredited)
Alice Wills
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Henry Wills
Outrider (uncredited)
Carey Wilson
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Terry Wilson
Lon (uncredited)
Zacharias Yaconelli
Mrs. Moroni's Man (uncredited)
Norma Young
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Aug 02 2018

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 th...