Westward the Women

Westward the Women

118 mins | Drama, Adventure, Western | Dec. 16, 1951

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.

Westward the Women

118 mins | Drama, Adventure, Western | Dec. 16, 1951

Westward the Women
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Westward the Women
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Charles Schnee, Frank Capra

Cast

Robert Taylor

as Buck Wyatt

Denise Darcel

as Fifi Danon

Hope Emerson

as Patience Hawley

John McIntire

as Roy E. Whitman

Julie Bishop

as Laurie Smith

Lenore Lonergan

as Maggie O'Malley

Marilyn Erskine

as Jean Jackson

Beverly Dennis

as Rose Meyers

Renata Vanni

as Mrs. Maroni

Frankie Darro

as Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

as (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

as Gambler (uncredited)

Stevie Myers

as Pioneer Woman

Carl Pitti

as Outrider (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick

as Flashy Woman (uncredited)