Westward the Women (1951)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.4/10   

Réalisateur:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

Charles Schnee (screenplay)
Frank Capra (story)

Release Date:

31 décembre 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Drame

Plot:

In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men...

Plot Keywords:

California | Rocky Mountains | Gender Reassignment | Wagon Train | Native American Attack

Avis des utilisateurs:

One of the best westerns made!

Ensemble

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 Johnson
Beverly Dennis	...	Rose Meyers
Renata Vanni	...	Mrs. Moroni

Autre(s) titre(s):

Convoi de femmes (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

118 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Français | Anglais | Japonais | Italien

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Anecdotes:

Denise Darcel's French-language dialog includes a few words which prove that no one in the 1950's version of the Hays Office understood French. Some of the terms she used while angry at "Buck Wyatt" would never have gotten past the censors in English.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A couple of the dead women are still seen breathing heavily after the second Indian attack.

Guillemet:

Buck Wyatt: [to Patience, as she sits with the unconscious Mrs. Maroni] Talk to her, Patience.
Patience Hawley: Thanks...what'll I use for language?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Challenge the Wilderness (1951)

Soundtrack:

To The West! To The West!

One of the best westerns made!

This western is gritty and realistic, and does not spare the audience from the grim facts of an overland trek from St. Louis to California with a wagon train of women (the "weaker" sex, right?

As far as I know, this movie has no rival in its subject matter, and the stars are magnificent. You will laugh and you will cry, but most of all, you will come away with a deep admiration of those hearty pioneers and especially those wonderful women. I have the video in my library!