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Westward the Women ()

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A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.
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Buck Wyatt
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Fifi Danon
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Patience Hawley
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Roy E. Whitman
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Laurie Smith
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Maggie O'Malley
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Ito Kentaro
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Jean Johnson
Beverly Dennis ...
Rose Meyers
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Mrs. Moroni
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Bartender (uncredited)
Claire Andre ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Raymond Bond ...
Preacher (uncredited)
Polly Burson ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Archie Butler ...
Outrider (uncredited)
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Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge ...
Outrider (uncredited)
Mary Casiday ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Margaret's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
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Mackeral Face (uncredited)
Doris Cole ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Rose's Man (uncredited)
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Sid Cutler (uncredited)
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Outrider (uncredited)
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The Cat (uncredited)
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Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
Michael Dugan ...
Outrider (uncredited)
Opal Ernie ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Cornelia Flores ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Patrick Ford ...
Outrider (uncredited)
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Outrider (uncredited)
Maxine Garret ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Marilyn Gladstone ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Rejected Woman (uncredited)
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Bart (uncredited)
Karen Hale ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Donna Hall ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Edith Happy ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Drunk (uncredited)
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Cora (uncredited)
Don House ...
Outrider (uncredited)
Lucille House ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Tennessee Jim ...
Second Man (uncredited)
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Jim Stacey (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui ...
Outrider (uncredited)
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Ken (uncredited)
Marilyn Lindsey ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Sharon Lucas ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Shirley Lucas ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Alice Markham ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Guido Martufi ...
Tony Moroni (uncredited)
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Outrider (uncredited)
Edith Mills ...
Sadie (uncredited)
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First Man (uncredited)
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Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Stevie Myers ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Elmer Napier ...
Walt (uncredited)
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Blacksmith (uncredited)
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Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Fiona O'Shiel ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick ...
Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Pat Paul ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Carl Pitti ...
Outrider (uncredited)
Ann Roberts ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Norma Santillo ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Clint Sharp ...
Outrider (uncredited)
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Awaiting Groom (uncredited)
Jody Smith ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Ray Thomas ...
Outrider (uncredited)
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Flashy Woman (uncredited)
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Indian Chief (uncredited)
Alice Wills ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
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Outrider (uncredited)
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Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Lon (uncredited)
Zacharias Yaconelli ...
Mrs. Moroni's Man (uncredited)
Norma Young ...
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Directed by

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William A. Wellman

Written by

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Charles Schnee ... (screenplay)
 
Frank Capra ... (story)

Produced by

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Dore Schary ... producer

Music by

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Jeff Alexander ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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William C. Mellor ... director of photography (as William Mellor)

Editing by

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James E. Newcom

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Daniel B. Cathcart
Cedric Gibbons

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Ralph S. Hurst
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department

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John Truwe ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Ruby Rosenberg ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Al Alt ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Ridgeway Callow ... assistant director (uncredited)
Arvid Griffen ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jerry Thorpe ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Matty Azzarone ... construction (uncredited)
Frank Wesselhoff ... painter (uncredited)
Will Williams ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor
Conrad Kahn ... sound engineer (uncredited)

Stunts

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Polly Burson ... stunts (uncredited)
Archie Butler ... stunts (uncredited)
John Cason ... stunts (uncredited)
Gene Coogan ... stunts (uncredited)
Frankie Darro ... stunts (uncredited)
Michael Dugan ... stunts (uncredited)
Opal Ernie ... stunts (uncredited)
Evelyn Finley ... stunts (uncredited)
Bertram Garner Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Donna Hall ... stunts (uncredited)
Jackie Hamblin ... stunt double (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson ... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui ... stunts (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron ... stunts (uncredited)
Sharon Lucas ... stunts (uncredited)
Frank McGrath ... stunts (uncredited)
Stevie Myers ... stunts (uncredited)
Carl Pitti ... stunts (uncredited)
Ann Roberts ... stunts (uncredited)
Clint Sharp ... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe ... stunts (uncredited)
Barlow Simpson ... stunt rigger (uncredited)
Ray Thomas ... stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills ... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tommy McCoig ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Rudolph G. Kopp ... additional music arranger (uncredited)
Albert Sendrey ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jim Louck ... technical advisor
John Indrisano ... animal trainer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers on Roy Whitman's (John McIntire) farm in the California Valley. So he goes back east to Chicago to recruit 150 women willing to become wives for his employees. From the candidates, he selects 138 who seem able to survive a month's long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains. Written by Tom Zoerner

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Taglines The BIG M-G-M Spectacle! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Pioneer Women (United States)
  • Convoi de femmes (France)
  • Caravana de mujeres (Spain)
  • Caravana de mujeres (Mexico)
  • Caravana Maldita (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 118 min
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Budget $2,203,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Denise Darcel's French-language dialog includes a few words which prove that no one in the 1950s 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. See more »
Goofs During a shooting lesson one of the men tells one of the women to "aim low that will make up for the recoil". When shooting a gun the bullet has long left the barrel, before the barrel begins to move in recoil. Aim low and you'll miss low. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Paul Aguirre (2007). See more »
Soundtracks To The West! To The West! See more »
Crazy Credits The MGM lion, instead of roaring, is frozen in place. See more »
Quotes Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!
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