Westward the Women

1951

Adventure / Drama / Western

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 69% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 4482 4.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

William A. Wellman Photo
William A. Wellman

Top cast

Frank McGrath Photo
Frank McGrath as Outrider
Hope Emerson Photo
Hope Emerson as Patience Hawley
Gene Roth Photo
Gene Roth as Bartender
John McIntire Photo
John McIntire as Roy E. Whitman
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1.05 GB
1280*934
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
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1.95 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by John Chard 7 / 10

Caravan of graft, guile and stoicism. Westward the

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 that of the natural terrain, hostile invasions, and inner fightings via passions and suspicions. This is a wagon train of some difference. The key issue here is that this MGM production puts up front and centre the fact that women played a key part in the shaping of the frontiers. It manages to have the expected cute and funny scenarios, but not at the expense of viable assertive drama, nothing denigrates how strong, brave and driven these women were. Some of the gender politics look a touch suspect today, and occasionally some of the framing devices for the women are over staged. There's also the irritant of stereotyping Nakamura's Asian character, but these are small quibbles all told. For this is a unique and fascinating Western, something of a banner movie for telling a side of the "West" we hardly have ever see on film. 7/10
Reviewed by Irene212 8 / 10

The most honest portrayal of a wagon train ever filmed.

Reviewed by freakus 8 / 10

remarkable for its time

This film has a lot of aspects that are quite refreshing and remarkable considering when it was made. The main supporting role is a Japanese cowboy! His character is not a typical stereotype either. Though he is comic relief, he is also given a role as a wise friend to Taylor's character. The unglamourous but brave and capable women in this film are also a nice surprise. They shoot, ride, lift and pull and do all the jobs usually done by men on this trip without complaint. One of the most touching scenes is right after an Indian raid as the women call out the names of the dead and the camera pans down to their lifeless bodies. It's a simple and unsentimental memorial to the sacrifices made.

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